LE VOYAGE COMME PRÉTEXTE. L’ECRITURE VIATIQUE1 DANS UN ALLER SIMPLE DE DIDIER VAN CAUWELAERT

Abstract

Didier van Cauwelaert’s fictional travel writing is a pretext for poietics, rather than a metaphor for literature. This article focuses on his novel Un aller simple to show how, by employing intertextuality, metalanguage, and mise en abîme, the author succeeds in fictionalizing the very mechanism of writing. Moreover, this article shows how parody and diversion deconstruct the classic travelogue, revealing that all literature is fiction.