TY  - EJOUR
A1  - Paillet, Anne-Marie
TI  - Chatter through the filter of reported speech: From substance to noise
T2  - Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France 2 – 2020, 120e année, n° 2. Le pari du babil. Parler pour ne rien dire au siècle des Lumières
JO  - Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France (ISSN 2105-2689), 14, 2 – 2020
DO  - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10565-7.p.0027
SN  - 2105-2689
SP  - 27
EP  - 37
AB  - Using a stylistic and pragmatic approach to the satire of babbling, this article shows how the choice of the mode of reported speech, between actualization and allusion, allows the author to set the reader at a distance from the represented words. In Marivaux or Diderot, stylized direct discourse and narrative discourse denounce the insignificance of utterances, and even the failure of communication—whether it be the simple “noise” of gossip or philosophical debate. It evokes the idea that to speak is to do nothing . . . or to say nothing.
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/06/10
DP  - Classiques Garnier
PB  - Classiques Garnier
CY  - Paris
KW  - Gossip, reported speech, narrativized speech, irony and humor
LA  - fre
UR  - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-d-histoire-litteraire-de-la-france-2-2020-120e-annee-n-2-le-pari-du-babil-parler-pour-ne-rien-dire-au-siecle-des-lumieres-chatter-through-the-filter-of-reported-speech-from-substance-to-noise.html
Y2  - 2024/07/16
ER  -