Une poétique du « discours des tricots » : l’écriture du quotidien chez Marie Cardinal

Abstract

This article proposes a cross-analysis of the correspondence of Franco-Canadian writer Marie Cardinal (1928-2001) and the novel La clé sur la porte(1972) in connection with the theme of the “discours des tricots". By combining the critical tools of gender and literary genetics, I will show how the author's embrace of a taboo, marginal and banal discourse tinges her creative process with a strong subversive dimension. Thus, we will understand how this poetic choice engages Cardinal in a process of distancing himself on the one hand, and on the other hand, with regard to the issues of reception, in what way this discourse implies a global deconstruction of the feminine and so-called “écriture féminine.”

Keywords

• Cardinal, Marie
• Writing the everyday
• Text genetics
• Francophone literatures
• Gender studies
• Feminist studies