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Article: "Luxe, feinte et verite ..." polemics, politics and poetics in Aragon's Henri Matisse, roman.(Critical Essay)
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- The Romanic Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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The mentir-vrai is a concept invented by Aragon that has already been studied in Aragon's works of fiction. Our perspective will take into account the manifestation of the mentir-vrai in non-fictional essays, particularly those that Aragon devoted to Henri Matisse during the period going from the aftermath of World War II to the beginning of the nineteen-seventies. The use of the mentir-vrai in these texts shows the implications of the concept in terms of political discourse and its link with the Aragon's poetics. Discussing the particular way in which Aragon uses autobiographical anecdotes or confessions in non-fictional texts allows us to understand how aesthetic ...
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