Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2009

Publication Title

L'Esprit Créateur

First Page

31

Last Page

43

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/esp.0.0192

Abstract

This essay studies Ducasse’s various stylistic strategies for triggering the reader’s pleasure, or lack thereof. By considering Riffaterre’s concept of style, I demonstrate that Ducasse’s sentence organization and word choice underscore negation. Analyzing a passage from canto three highlights the stylistic means used to hinder the reader’s pleasure.

Rights

Copyright ©; 2009 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in L'Esprit Créateur, Volume 49, Issue 4, Winter, 2009, pages 31-43.

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