« Ubu roi », entre le secret et la confession

Abstract

“King Ubu”, Between Secret and Confession Long after December 10, 1896, date of the outrageous premiere of “Ubu Roi” at the Théâtre de L´Œuvre in Paris, the circumstances that made Alfred Jarry the author of this play, whose proto-version, “Les Polonais”, didn´t certainly belong to him, are still mysterious. Our paper addresses the topic of the “secret of origins” (quoting Sylvain-Christian David´s book title) of “Ubu Roi”, trying to expose some levels in which the concealment of origins is present, along with discursive breaches through which confession breaks out.

Keywords

• alfred jarry
• literary paternity