Abstract EN:

The scope of this research was twofold : theoretical and historical. Theoretically speaking, it was a matter of pointing out the necessity to renew interest in the authorial presence, an issue that has been so neglected by the "new criticism". With that aim in mind, part of the research focused on the various representations of the writer that emerged during the period of literary history - the romantic period - when the author became consubstantial with the very essence of literature. The author is no more pawn external to the literary world, but a complex presence that unfolds on three levels : the real, the textual and the imaginary. Using the notion of the " imaginary writer ", the study meant to highlight the importance of the self- representations displayed - volons nolons - by the writers themselves, liberally relayed and transformed by the roaders. Yet, an this matter of his identity as an artist, the writer is never totally on his own. Various "scenarios" are offered to him, which, depending on each historical period, open up different positions for him to occupy in the imaginary social space. The first part of this study focuses on the general dynamics of romantic authorial scenographies, taking into account both their collective impact and the way they are used by the individual actors of the literature scene : the author and the reader. The second part draws the inventory of the notional material and of the processes that enabled to romantic writers to define various hierarchical "literary roles". It also point out the "author-functions" that were forcefully offered or prohibited to the romantic writer. Finally, the third part is meant to bring forth the five major authorial scenographies of the romantic age : the melancholic, paternal, energetic, ironic and disillusioned scenographies.