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Lavéritéde
JacquesleFataliste
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frameofreferenceforthetruthheseeksisnotrealitybutthetypicaleighteenthcentury
novel.Thegistofhistruthtellingstrategyispersistentsabotagingoftraditionalnovelis-
ticmeansandprinciples,suchaslinearnarration,relevanceofallelementsofrepresen-
tation,orplotlinesthatarealwaysbroughttoaconclusion.However,becausethe
narratorisnotabsolutelyconsistentinusingthisstrategy,wecannotviewDiderot’stext
asananti-novel,equallyfraudulent,afterall,asitsnegativemodel.Asamatteroffact,
thetruthpursuedinthetextisthetruthoflifeimpossibletoexpressinpredictable
formulas,fullofinconsistenciesandsurprisingturnsoftheaction.
Keywords
Truth,novel,discourse,narration,objectivity.
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