Narration et Conspiration. Formes de la bêtise dans le Pendule de Foucault

Abstract

The aim of this study is to return to the question of the relationship between the plot of the Pendule de Foucault and the hermetic semiosis or the question of irrationalismby nuancing this report, not in the sense of “translation” but of mutual adjustment and partial completion. It is here that “an abstract and figurative theory of stupidity” can constitute a new key to the possible reading of the novel.

Keywords

• Pendulum
• foolishness
• stupidity
• mutual adjustment
• fiction and essay