Partying Critics: a Dual Take on Duality in Graham Greene's "The End of the Party

Nathalie Jaëck (1) , Arnaud Schmitt

1 CLIMAS - Cultures et Littératures des Mondes Anglophones

In this article, two French scholars look back on their practices as critics via a double, reflexive analysis of Graham Greene's short story, "The End of the Party." While they belong to the same generation, they were influenced by di!erent theoretical backgrounds: French classical narratology and French theory on the one hand, post-classical narratology and cognitive poetics on the other. This approach was a means for them to assess the nature and relevance of their critical tools, figure out how these tools impact the reading of a selected text and what they reveal about their respective academic practices of literature. From a practical point of view, they worked on the same short story, each writing an independent analysis, and then produced a joint commentary in order to see what the process revealed about their respective approaches to literary theory. The purpose of this strategy was to better understand their critical methods but also the stakes inherent in literary interpretation at the beginning of the twenty first century. Eventually, they hope that this dual analysis will contribute to renew their respective methods.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Littératures

Nathalie Jaëck, Arnaud Schmitt. Partying Critics: a Dual Take on Duality in Graham Greene's "The End of the Party. Angles: French Perspectives on the Anglophone World, 2016. ⟨hal-02508471⟩