Le style indirect libre chez marie de france
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Abstract EN:
This thesis is in two parts. The first is a study of free indirect speech in general. I have examined the main theories on the subject which have been published up to the present time, insisting, on the one hand, on all aspects and points of view which seem justifiable and, on the other, criticising those which pertain in my opinion to misdirected analysis or preconceived ideas. I have made a specific study of free indirect speech in medieval literature. Traditionnally free indirect speech is supposed not to have been known in the middle ages. The second part of my thesis aims to prove otherwise. Taking as a basis the works of marie de france, i have illustrated the fact that not only did this type of reported discourse really exist in the middle ages, but it is in fact to be found as frequently and in as many guises as in the literatures of other centuries. It is only the fact that it is largely constructed on a model that the naturalistic novels of the last century (the usual period for this type of discourse) rarely used which could partly explain the classic misunderstanding of medieval free indirect discourse.
Abstract FR:
Cette these se compose de deux parties. La premiere constitue une etude du style indirect libre en general. Nous avons examine les principales theories sur le sujet emises jusqu'a present, en soulignant les points de vue qui nous semblent etre justes et en critiquant ceux qui relevent a nos yeux d'une analyse mal orientee ou d'un lieu commun non remis en question. Nous nous sommes arrete tout specialement aux travaux qui portent sur le style indirect libre dans la litterature medievale. Une longue tradition tend a nier que le style indirect libre ait ete connu du moyen age; la seconde partie de cette these a pour but de prouver le contraire. En prenant comme base l'oeuvre de marie de france, nous avons montre, non seulement que ce type de discours rapporte existe bel et bien au moyen age, mais qu'il y est aussi frequent et aussi varie qu'a d'autres epoques litteraires. Seul le fait qu'il soit le plus souvent construit suivant un modele peu usite dans les romans realistes du dixneuvieme siecle -periode classique de ce type de discourspourrait expliquer en partie la meconnaissance traditionnelle du style indirect libre medieval.