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Posture et performance d'auteur : Mises en scène de Houellebecq dans La Carte et le territoire

ABSTRACT This article examines the literary scenography presented in the novel by Michel Houellebecq, The Map and the Territory, in particular the posture(s) (as defined by Meizoz, Postures littéraires) that mark the persona of the writer “Houellebecq”. These representations of the author's image are linked to two seminal authorial scenographies of the literary field: the Visit to Famous Writer (Nora) and the conventional Portrait of the Artist. The roles that are displayed convey an ambiguous representation: the tormented nostalgia of the artist contributes to invest him, paradoxically, with a mission that glorifies him. The concept of literary and author decadence thus appears as a strategy to reinforce the authorial ethos.