%0 Journal Article
%T The labyrinth as a metadiscursive motif in Christian Grenier's literary creation
%A Langbour, Nadège
%J Cahiers ERTA
%V 2024
%R 10.4467/23538953CE.24.008.19931
%N Numéro 38
%P 9-26
%K labyrinth, myth, rewriting, intertextuality, metadiscourse
%@ 2300-4681
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/the-labyrinth-as-a-metadiscursive-motif-in-christian-greniers-literary-creation
%X The labyrinth motif appears regularly in Christian Grenier's novels. In diegesis, it is always linked to myth and the fates of Daedalus, Theseus and Ariadne. It is also a diegetic motif that structures the setting, organizes the characters' quest and generates suspense. But this motif is above all a metadiscursive metaphor that theorizes the author's writing. In particular, he evokes the meandering construction of police intrigues. It also represents the referential games developed by Christian Grenier: By mixing the words of other writers with his own, offers his readers the opportunity to enter a kind of intertextual labyrinth.