This article analyzes the correspondence between Mervyn and Maldoror, which takes place in song VI. Maldoror writes a letter to Mervyn to arrange a meeting; the latter refuses at first, but gradually yields, announcing his own death, and the end of the Chants. The seductive relationship that develops between the two protagonists is a mise-en-abyme between the narrator and the reader: the narrator scares, seduces, and provokes his reader, as Maldoror seduces and provokes Mervyn
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-09812-6
EAN:9782406098126
ISSN: 2607-754X
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09812-6.p.0117
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 11-05-2019
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Lautréamont, Maldoror, Isidore Ducasse, text analysis, metatext, correspondence, song VI