Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1985

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Hokenson, Jan W.

Abstract

Each character in La Recherche du temps perdu speaks a distinct idiolect. Only the language of Fransoise has complex characterological and symbolic functions. Fransoise's language serves three consistent purposes: First, it represents the speech of the peasantry or a whole social class. Second, as exclusively spoken French, it embodies the long rich history of the French language since the Middle Ages, constituting indeed a living palimpsest of the language. Third, as palimpsest, it verbally situates the character Fransoise as creative counterpart to the narrating artist Marcel. Fransoise is the French language through history: she is the "genie linguistique a l'etat vivant."

Extent

56 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1985.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14232

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