LE ROMAN NOIR DE JOSEPH INCARDONA: UN PRÉTEXTE POUR CAPTER LE PRESENT

• Authors: Malinovská Zuzana

Title variants

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Joseph Incardona ´s roman noir: A pretext to capture the present

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

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This article is a case study focusing on the novel Derriére les panneaux il y a des hommes (2015) by Swiss writer Joseph Incardona. It proves that this winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policiére uses devices of crime fiction as a pretext to reflect on present-day social problems. After a brief introduction to the context of detective literature in France where the novel was published, an in-depth textual analysis is carried out. Its results show that the book is neither a traditional detective novel nor a thriller, but a roman noir. Subsequently, Incardona ś unique idiolect, the way in which he depicts the present, and his means of expression are discussed.

Keywords

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SWISS; DETECTIVE FICTION; FRENCH; INCARDONA JOSEPH; SOCIAL PROBLEM

• Publisher: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: World Literature Studies
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 4 – 13

Contributors

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Malinovská Zuzana

• Inštitút románskych štúdií, Univerzita v Prešove, ul. 17. Novembra 1, 080 01 Prešov, Slovak Republic