Litteraturens grundlag

Som et eksempel bringer vi Raymond Queneaus “Litteraturens grundlag”, der med direkte inspiration i matematikeren Hilberts banebrydende værk Geometriens Grundlag opstiller en række litterære aksiomer ved at udskifte forskellige geometriske termer med grammatiske begreber

Black Dust: Raymond Queneau and The Encyclopedia of the Inexact Sciences

The Encyclopedia of Inexact Sciences brings together Raymond Queneau’s expansive research into a uniquely peculiar canon of nineteenth century works, authored by what he variously refers to as a “literary lunatic” (fou littéraire) or a “heteroclite.” The work of this figure is discernible less by its subject matter than the singular nature of the discursive position it speaks from: not only does it have no precedent, having broken with all that comes before it, so atypical is its standing with respect to the standards of its given field it remains un-received and un-receivable. Hence the formative principle of The Encyclopedia: “A ‘fou littéraire’ has neither masters nor disciples.” The body of discourse it gives rise to is drawn upon to more than one end across Queneau’s oeuvre, but nowhere more ambitiously than in his novel The Children of Clay, where it becomes a device for examining the conventions and conditions underwriting literary experience itself

Exercice de Style (1989)

1. Program [Attached][6 copies] 2. Poster [Attached][3 copies] 3. Theatre Glendon. News Release. [6 copies] 4. Poem 5. Budget memo 6. Services d'information, Collège Glendon. Communiqué bilingue. 7. Budget list on an envelope.Archival file for the Glendon College production of Exercices de Style, directed by René Lemieux. The play was performed February 21 to 25, 1988

Portrait littéraire du Havre

Ce texte de Raymond Queneau est paru en 1954 dans un ouvrage collectif sur la Seine-Inférieure (ancien nom de la Seine-Maritime), appartenant à une collection appelée « Richesse de la France, revue économique et touristique ». Richement illustré de photographies, ce livre est à la fois un ouvrage touristique (qui compte un chapitre « Tourisme », un autre consacré aux « Plaisirs et [aux] joies » de la gastronomie normande, de la chasse et de la pêche, par exemple) et un livre..

Philosophes et voyous (II)

Queneau Raymond, Souchier Emmanuël, Queneau Jean-Marie. Philosophes et voyous (II). In: Littérature, n°86, 1992. Littérature et philosophie. pp. 3-14