This article examines the close links between the exposition of crises of conscience and the discursive strategies deployed by two characters in Balzac’s Honorine: the hero Maurice de l’Hostal and Count Octave de Bauvan. By means of the embedded narrative, these two narrators—especially de l’Hostal—endeavor to persuade their confidant(s) that their feelings are sincere and their assertions are valid; they do so by instrumentalizing narrative discourse.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-13306-3
EAN:9782406133063
ISSN: 2649-2571
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13306-3.p.0079
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 07-27-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword:Honorine, crisis of conscience, narrative discourse, embedded narrative, ambiguity