This essay examines the recognition of Dany Laferrière, manifested through his “titles”, understood in the double meaning of the word: the provocative titles of his novels, and the title of Académicien, conferred to him in 2013. Through this double process of recognition, a similar eccentric posture is revealed, the limits of which this essay interrogates. In particular, the metaliterary discourse on celebrity signals what can be seen as an anxiety of authorship concerning literary excellence.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-11008-8
EAN:9782406110088
ISSN: 2740-7713
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-11008-8.p.0175
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 10-12-2020
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: anxiety, authorship, title, celebrity, postcolonial, Laferrière, Académie française