Between seduction and suspicion: the play of author and reader in André Gide’s Les faux-monnayeurs (The Counterfeiters )

Authors

  • Isabelle Santos Bezerra Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v5i9p95-110

Keywords:

André Gide, Les faux-monnayeurs, reading process, mimetic theory.

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the author and reader’s roles in the work of André Gide, The Counterfeiters (Les faux-monnayeurs). Through the discussion of some questions concerning the autobiographical studies, the reflections of Aesthetic of Reception critical school and René Girard’s mimetic theory, we engage in a reflection about the relationship between an active reader and the writer. In addition, we propose to analyze how the autobiographical perception of the book allows a reconfiguration of the relationship between the reader and the author, in order to show how this approach may result in a mimetic relationship.

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Author Biography

  • Isabelle Santos Bezerra, Universidade de São Paulo
    Graduanda em Letras -Universidade de São Paulo

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Published

2012-11-15

Issue

No. 9 (2012)

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Articles

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How to Cite

Bezerra, I. S. (2012). Between seduction and suspicion: the play of author and reader in André Gide’s Les faux-monnayeurs (The Counterfeiters ). Revista Criação & Crítica, 9, 95-110. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v5i9p95-110