From the labyrinth of language to the interior of human and society ; A sociocritical approach to some works by Georges Perec

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1 Professor of French Literature and Comparative Literature, Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Associate professor of French Language and Literature, Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

3 PhD Candidate of French Language and Literature, Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

Sociocritique which insist on accompaniment of form of expression and content is in contrast to classical method of sociological studies which implies literary work as a social statement. Sociocritique is a way to achieve content through the complexities of language. The works of Georges Perec, full of linguistic games, are valuable for sociocritique. Because they use language to deliver concepts of author. In seven works that are discussed in present paper, concepts will be considered through the mathematical rules, the rhetorical techniques and the intertextuality. All of these technics are considered like important structural elements in sociocritique. In this way, we will try to find reasons for using them in translating meaning by finding examples of three techniques mentioned. The purpose of this study is to achieve a common concept that has been expressed in all of these works : Perec’s social concerns, which are highly inspired by the War and the crisis of identity in a society with absurd values.

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Research in Contemporary World Literature
Volume 27, Issue 1
August 2022
Pages 112-147

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