Narration et temporalité dans As I Lay Dying

Stéphanie Suchet (1, 2)

1 CELIS - Centre de Recherches sur les Littératures et la Sociopoétique
2 UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne

The concept of temporality is at the heart of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. This article explores not only how the characters' consciousness of time is mirrored in the structure of the text but also, building on Ricoeur's theory, how narration is used by the main characters as a means to control the process of time. This temporal suspension becomes an interval during which they attempt to comprehend their own temporality.

Mots clés: Temporality; narration; Paul Ricoeur; suspension; subjective time

Domaines: Littératures

Stéphanie Suchet. Narration et temporalité dans As I Lay Dying. Cycnos, 2018, "The Wagon moves" : new essays on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, 34 (2), pp.179-187. ⟨hal-03185591⟩