Browsing Vol. 06 No. 1, November 2006 by Subject "French literature"
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Fantomate ou comment parle le chien d'un (Petit) Vampire
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)Fantomate is the talking dog in Joann Sfar's series "Le Petit Vampire", comprising comics, animated cartoons and children's novels. Talking "funny animals", as Harry Morgan calls them, are a common presence in comics. ... -
La Redistribution des emplois vaudevillesques chez Eugène Labiche
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)Traditionally presented as the protoype of the French vaudeville, Labiche's theatre, quite apart from its generic exemplarity, constitutes a critique of the "well-done play" of Scribe. To this end, it substitutes to the ... -
Le Capitaine Haddock, ou l'irruption de l'humanité dans Les Aventures de Tintin
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)Did Captain Haddock's arrival on the scene slowly change the status of Tintin's adventures? In Les Bijoux de la Castafiore and Tintin et les Picaros, the sidekick steps up to the front row, likely because it's easier for ... -
Lorsque le grand-père se fait petit garçon: Le Personnage du grand-père complice du jeune héros dans la BD et la littérature pour la jeunesse
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)This article deals with the representation of the figure of the "grandpa" and its role within the family through the stories of Le Petit Spirou, by Tome and Janry, and the series Manolito Gafotas, by Elvira Lindo. Both are ... -
Seconds rôles, duos et trios dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Jules Verne
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)In Jules Verne's works, the hero is never alone, not even when he seeks solitude. Various novels presenting a search theme feature an entire team of characters. This is partly dictated by the genre itself of the "imaginary ...