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Le Bagne Métropolitain Et Colonial Dans Le Roman Français: Genèse Et Structure, Mansour Bouaziz
Le Bagne Métropolitain Et Colonial Dans Le Roman Français: Genèse Et Structure, Mansour Bouaziz
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The character of convict is omnipresent in French literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The representation of the world of hard labor in metropolitan and colonial prisons is at the crossroads of the broader representation of crime in the nineteenth century, according to a concomitant historical development with colonial expansion. The miscellaneous news, these little newsletters launched continually on the city, change the way of perceiving crime. Obeying a specific structure, this type of news will reshape the literary representation of crime. This is where the character of the convict comes in. Indeed, enjoying a special status (dead/alive/revenant), …