El metadiscurso descriptivo en los relatos de Théophile Gautier
ISSN: 0213-2958
Datum der Publikation: 2007
Titel der Ausgabe: El relato corto francés del Siglo XIX-2
Nummer: 15
Seiten: 240-252
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Anales de filología francesa
Zusammenfassung
A painter and art critic, Théophile Gautier createsa preeminently visual aesthetics that, in his literary oeuvre, renders description a truly overwhelming presence. On this basis, the author is forced to resolve the dialectics between the antagonistic forces of narrative progress (demanded by the needs of the short story) and descriptive suspension (demanded by his own expressive needs). Of the techniques Gautier employs to inscribe description into his narratives, the most original is a type of descriptive metadiscourse which, in the course of his evolution as a writer, develops from a reflection on the art of writing into a legitimation of descriptive excess.