What order should La Comédie humaine be read in? There are three possibilities: based on the chronology of the fiction, its composition, or its publication. None of these orders is entirely satisfactory, and, in the end, the idea that Balzac’s work might be unreadable begins to emerge, since this work unceasingly decomposes and reconfigures itself. It is therefore futile to seek a definite answer. Paradoxically, unreadability is the condition and the means of a true Balzacian reading.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-12115-2
EAN:9782406121152
ISSN: 2649-2571
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12115-2.p.0025
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 07-28-2021
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: genesis, publishing, mosaic, reading, order (of La Comédie humaine)