Littérature et cartographie. Histoire de trompe-l’œil
(2023) Phantasia — Vol. 13 (2023)
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- (en) A map can be seen as a form of trompe l'oeil: according to The Port Royal Logic and the philosopher Louis Marin’s interpretation of it, it constitutes the very paradigm of the sign, the essence of representation, so that one can say of a map of Italy that "this is Italy". However, taking a closer look, it constitutes a constructed and complex semiotic device mobilizing the faculty of imagination and elaborated by poetic gestures. These are all characteristics that bring it closer to fiction, which can produce powerful effects of reality, similar to those generated by cartographic representation. The aim of this article is to explore some of the issues at stake in the operation of representation on which cartography is based and to show how literary fiction can take up these issues. Two French contemporary novels will be considered: first, Olivier Hodasava’s Une ville de papier, an investigative narrative that explores the performative powers of a name on a map; secondly, Un monde à portée de main by Maylis de Kerangal, a novel about trompe l’oeil painting and optical effects.
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Ost, I. (2023). Littérature et cartographie. Histoire de trompe-l’œil. Phantasia, 13. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/165376 (Original work published 2023)