出版社：Association des Professeur-e-s de Français des Universités et Collèges Canadiens
摘要：The article represents the collection of three separate papers created by nine PhD students, who had analyzed the novels of French writers and discussed the work with them during the roundtables. The central theme of the article is investigation and its role in L’Évaporation de l'oncle by Christine Montalbetti, La blonde et le bunker by Jakuta Alikavazovic, and Le dépaysement by Jean-Christophe Bailly. The narratives belong to different genres but the search for traces, the quest characterizes all three novels. Nevertheless, each author exploits these notions in his or her unique way. Moreover, the writers seem to reconsider classical theories that portray the result of an investigation as its purpose: instead, we discover the process of searching that does not lead to a distinct conclusion. Therefore, the three authors seek to involve the reader who is no longer a passive receiver of information, but turns into a true actor in charge of gathering hints and interpreting them. The article ends with implications for understanding how contemporary fiction reevaluates the concept of investigation and its impact on narration.
