Abstract
The reader of the last two novels of Tahar Djaout, namely Watchmen and The Last Summer of Reason , will certainly raise a number of similarities between the two texts, especially in terms of the themes and figures discussed. Moreover, this same reader will intuitively perceive a kind of supplement of sense that is added in The Last Summer of Reason . In other words, going from one story to another, it saves permanence and change, to the extent that these themes and figures are present in both stories, but they are transformed in The Last Summer of Reason . Incidentally, semiotic theory offers us a conceptual tool likely to enrich our interpretation of these two novels on escaping the intuitive grasp of meaning. Thus, it allows us, first, to show how this transformation occurs at different levels of analysis. Then, on apprehending these two novels as a whole or an all meaning, we will see that The Last Summer of Reason can be considered as a continuation of Watchmen .
Highlights
Dans cet article, on se propose de montrer que la théorie sémiotique, en tant que théorie de la signification, nous permet non seulement d’échapper à la saisie intuitive du sens, mais également d’enrichir nos lectures et interprétations des récits, à travers l’exemple des deux derniers romans de l’écrivain et journaliste algérien Tahar Djaout, à savoir Le Dernier Eté de la raison (Djaout, 1999), paru à titre posthume, et Les vigiles (Djaout, 1991).Le lecteur attentif de ces deux romans ne manquera pas de relever de nombreuses similitudes au niveau des contenus sémantiques qui y sont investis
this same reader will intuitively perceive a kind of supplement of sense
that is added in The Last Summer of Reason
Summary
Introduction : Dans cet article, on se propose de montrer que la théorie sémiotique, en tant que théorie de la signification, nous permet non seulement d’échapper à la saisie intuitive du sens, mais également d’enrichir nos lectures et interprétations des récits, à travers l’exemple des deux derniers romans de l’écrivain et journaliste algérien Tahar Djaout, à savoir Le Dernier Eté de la raison (Djaout, 1999), paru à titre posthume, et Les vigiles (Djaout, 1991). Le lecteur attentif de ces deux romans ne manquera pas de relever de nombreuses similitudes au niveau des contenus sémantiques qui y sont investis.
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