La transgénéricité, un facteur d’évolution générique ? Le cas de la mise en roman dans Le Roman de Thèbes et Énéas

The set novel fluctuates between translation and literary interpretation of epic material. Thus Eneas is based on the Eneide’s subject and Le Roman de Thèbes on The Thebaïd of Stace. However they deviate from their source text by using aplatissement of epic pattern. This article tries to show how the two literary genres – epic and set novel – are subjected to each other and to confirm the Chklovski theory about generic evolution.