Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains

In an approach inspired by the sociology of Howard S. Becker, the paper questions the cognitive significance of three works of nonfiction (The Lifespan of a Fact, by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal ;6/5, by Alexandre Laumonier ; Somaland, by Eric Chauvier), characterized by the centrality they give to i...

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Main Author: Frédéric Claisse
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Published: Université de Liège 2019-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/contextes/7129
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description In an approach inspired by the sociology of Howard S. Becker, the paper questions the cognitive significance of three works of nonfiction (The Lifespan of a Fact, by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal ;6/5, by Alexandre Laumonier ; Somaland, by Eric Chauvier), characterized by the centrality they give to inquiry both as an engine for narrative and as a form of knowledge. It builds the structure of an ideal-type that accounts for these works’ project of capturing the contemporary world: constant overflowing of the investigator by uncertainty and opacity, contamination of reality by fiction, increased reflexivity of the process of inquiry. Taking advantage of a hybrid framing that maintains strong constraints of documentary cross-matching while multiplying “impressions of fiction”, the texts studied here invent literary devices that are adjusted to their scope. These features make them good discussion partners for social sciences, opening up new perspectives for writing and exchanges with (non)fiction as an instrument of knowledge.
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spelling doaj-art-e6a7b497a95a443eb619919f5c4f41352025-08-20T02:47:56ZfraUniversité de LiègeContextes1783-094X2019-02-012210.4000/contextes.7129Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporainsFrédéric ClaisseIn an approach inspired by the sociology of Howard S. Becker, the paper questions the cognitive significance of three works of nonfiction (The Lifespan of a Fact, by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal ;6/5, by Alexandre Laumonier ; Somaland, by Eric Chauvier), characterized by the centrality they give to inquiry both as an engine for narrative and as a form of knowledge. It builds the structure of an ideal-type that accounts for these works’ project of capturing the contemporary world: constant overflowing of the investigator by uncertainty and opacity, contamination of reality by fiction, increased reflexivity of the process of inquiry. Taking advantage of a hybrid framing that maintains strong constraints of documentary cross-matching while multiplying “impressions of fiction”, the texts studied here invent literary devices that are adjusted to their scope. These features make them good discussion partners for social sciences, opening up new perspectives for writing and exchanges with (non)fiction as an instrument of knowledge.https://journals.openedition.org/contextes/7129Littérature contemporaineSociologie pragmatiqueSociologie par la littératureEnquêteChauvier (Eric)D'Agata (John)
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Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains
Contextes
Littérature contemporaine
Sociologie pragmatique
Sociologie par la littérature
Enquête
Chauvier (Eric)
D'Agata (John)
title Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains
title_full Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains
title_fullStr Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains
title_full_unstemmed Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains
title_short Fictions et non-fictions d’enquête : un modèle de saisie des mondes contemporains
title_sort fictions et non fictions d enquete un modele de saisie des mondes contemporains
topic Littérature contemporaine
Sociologie pragmatique
Sociologie par la littérature
Enquête
Chauvier (Eric)
D'Agata (John)
url https://journals.openedition.org/contextes/7129
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