Sur la postérité de quelques contes de Charles Perrault // Some fairytales by Charles Perrault in continuation

Abstract

The fairy tales with their literary form, given by Charles Perrault in 17th century, have become with the passing of time a part of collective patrimony. No wonder many writers have been making use of this source in order to create their versions of Perrault’s stories. The most interesting fairy tales seem to be those which rewrite Bluebeard. One of them is Amélie Nothomb’s novel, published in 2012 and supporting the same title, in which readers can find a realisation of the phenomenon called by G. Genette a “pragmatic transposition” (“transposition pragmatique”).

Keywords

• fairy tales
• rewriting
• palimpsest
• narrative techniques
• conte de fées
• réécriture
• palimpseste
• stratégies narratives