L’écriture du détail Empreintes, traces, entailles dans les récits de pèlerinage et les fictions

Despite their ludicrous side, imprints and remains play an important part in pilgrims’ stories, as they do in works of fiction. Pilgrims’ stories multiply Christ’s imprints in stone and make them a place of memory that recalls Scripture. Fiction uses imprints more sparingly, but gives them a narrative dimension. While the monumental imprint of pilgrims’ stories stems from religious thought, the characteristic track of fictional works opens onto modernity.