"[Montour] revient en rampant dans le sous-bois. Il s'écorche. Ses mains saignent. Sans se panser, il se roule dans sa couverture reste les yeux ouverts dans le noir pendant que la forêt sans limite geint autour de lui." (72)
Léo-Paul Desrosiers. Les Engagés du Grand Portage. Bibliothèque Canadienne-Française, Fides, Montréal, 1969 [1938], 219 p.
lundi 27 février 2012
DESROSIERS, Léo-Paul
Notes: Plus encore que les forces de la nature, ce sont les ruse de l'homme qui rendent ce "grand portage" ardu. Le langage des manigances et de la tromperie sert d'outil dans un univers hostile, outil qu'il est nécessaire de manier aussi habilement que les pagaies ou la hache. La forêt semble, pour ainsi dire, dénaturée, transformée par la seule présence de l'homme en un lieu hautement politique. Nous assistons bel et bien ici au choc d'un monde oral - celui des autochtones - et d'un monde écrit - celui de Montour et de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest.
Qui plus est, l'ascension sociale, au sein de la compagnie, se fait grâce à des bribes et des gages qui demeurent toujours en-deçà des écrits. Sous la surface lisse des écrits et des documents attestant la "vérité", l'oralité demeure le lieu des combats les plus mesquins.
Léo-Paul Desrosiers. Les Engagés du Grand Portage. Bibliothèque Canadienne-Française, Fides, Montréal, 1969 [1938], 219 p.
Qui plus est, l'ascension sociale, au sein de la compagnie, se fait grâce à des bribes et des gages qui demeurent toujours en-deçà des écrits. Sous la surface lisse des écrits et des documents attestant la "vérité", l'oralité demeure le lieu des combats les plus mesquins.
Léo-Paul Desrosiers. Les Engagés du Grand Portage. Bibliothèque Canadienne-Française, Fides, Montréal, 1969 [1938], 219 p.
mardi 3 août 2010
ELLIS, Bret Easton
p. 236
"You had this list, Raymond," you say, causing more trouble. "Who else was on it? It was quite a list: Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, Rob Lowe, Ronald Reagan, his son -"
"Well, his son," Donald says.
"But isn't this the century no one cared?" Harry asks.
"About what?" you all ask back.
"Huh?" Steve asks after the Brazilian leaves.
The Rules of Attraction, 1987.
"You had this list, Raymond," you say, causing more trouble. "Who else was on it? It was quite a list: Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, Rob Lowe, Ronald Reagan, his son -"
"Well, his son," Donald says.
"But isn't this the century no one cared?" Harry asks.
"About what?" you all ask back.
"Huh?" Steve asks after the Brazilian leaves.
The Rules of Attraction, 1987.
FRANZEN, Jonathan
p. 307
And Ted's right on top of that, he thinks our culture attaches too much importance to feelings, he says it's out of control, it's not computers that are making everything virtual, it's mental health. Everyone's trying to correct their thoughts and improve their feelings and work on their relationships and parenting skills instead of just getting married and raising children like they used to, is what Ted says. We've bumped up to the next level of abstraction because we have too much time and money, is what he says, and he refuses to be a part of it. He wants to eat "real" food and go to "real" places and talk about "real" things like business and science. So he and I don't really agree at all anymore on what's important in life.
The Corrections, 2001.
And Ted's right on top of that, he thinks our culture attaches too much importance to feelings, he says it's out of control, it's not computers that are making everything virtual, it's mental health. Everyone's trying to correct their thoughts and improve their feelings and work on their relationships and parenting skills instead of just getting married and raising children like they used to, is what Ted says. We've bumped up to the next level of abstraction because we have too much time and money, is what he says, and he refuses to be a part of it. He wants to eat "real" food and go to "real" places and talk about "real" things like business and science. So he and I don't really agree at all anymore on what's important in life.
The Corrections, 2001.
MOODY, Rick
p. 229
They proceeded by guesswork. Here is how Benjamin Hood reached the Williamses' house. The long way, because of the power lines. Power lines down everywhere.
The Ice Storm, 1994.
They proceeded by guesswork. Here is how Benjamin Hood reached the Williamses' house. The long way, because of the power lines. Power lines down everywhere.
The Ice Storm, 1994.
MOODY, Rick
p. 211
Look, he was not a brilliant kid.
p. 259
Look, Elena knew that apology was the impossible paragraph, its words were like the secret names of God.
The Ice Storm, 1994,
Look, he was not a brilliant kid.
p. 259
Look, Elena knew that apology was the impossible paragraph, its words were like the secret names of God.
The Ice Storm, 1994,
DELILLO, Don
p. 11
He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.
p. 280
"There's a word in Italian. Dietrologia. It Means the science of what is behind something. A suspicious event. The science of what is behind an event."
"They need this science. I don't need it."
"I don't need it either. I'm just telling you."
"I'm an American. I go to ball games," he said.
"The science of dark forces. Evidently they feel this science is legitimate enough to require a name."
"People who need this science, I would make an effort to tell them we have real sciences, hard sciences, we don't need imaginary ones."
"I'm just telling you the word. I agree with you, Sims. But the word exists."
"There's always a word. [...]"
p. 542
"The tag or aglet."
"The aglet," I said.
"And the little metal ring that reinforces the rim of the eyelet through which the aglet passes. We're doing the physics of language, Shay."
"The little ring."
"You see it?"
"Yes."
"This is the grommet," he said.
"Oh man."
"The grommet. Learn it, know it and love it."
"I'm going out of my mind."
"This is the final arcan knowledge. And when I take my shoe to the shoemaker and he places it on a form to make repairs - a block shaped like a foot. This is called a what?"
"I don't know."
"A last."
"My head is breaking apart."
"Everyday things represent the most overlooked knowledge. These names are vital to your progress. Quotidian things. If they weren't important, we wouldn't use such a gorgeous Latinate word. Say it," he said.
"Quotidian."
"An extraordinary word that suggests the depth and reach of the commonplace."
p. 827
And you can glance out the window for a moment, distracted by the sound of small kids playing a made-up game in a neighbor's yard, some kind of kickball maybe, and they speak in your voice [...].
Underworld, 1997.
He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.
p. 280
"There's a word in Italian. Dietrologia. It Means the science of what is behind something. A suspicious event. The science of what is behind an event."
"They need this science. I don't need it."
"I don't need it either. I'm just telling you."
"I'm an American. I go to ball games," he said.
"The science of dark forces. Evidently they feel this science is legitimate enough to require a name."
"People who need this science, I would make an effort to tell them we have real sciences, hard sciences, we don't need imaginary ones."
"I'm just telling you the word. I agree with you, Sims. But the word exists."
"There's always a word. [...]"
p. 542
"The tag or aglet."
"The aglet," I said.
"And the little metal ring that reinforces the rim of the eyelet through which the aglet passes. We're doing the physics of language, Shay."
"The little ring."
"You see it?"
"Yes."
"This is the grommet," he said.
"Oh man."
"The grommet. Learn it, know it and love it."
"I'm going out of my mind."
"This is the final arcan knowledge. And when I take my shoe to the shoemaker and he places it on a form to make repairs - a block shaped like a foot. This is called a what?"
"I don't know."
"A last."
"My head is breaking apart."
"Everyday things represent the most overlooked knowledge. These names are vital to your progress. Quotidian things. If they weren't important, we wouldn't use such a gorgeous Latinate word. Say it," he said.
"Quotidian."
"An extraordinary word that suggests the depth and reach of the commonplace."
p. 827
And you can glance out the window for a moment, distracted by the sound of small kids playing a made-up game in a neighbor's yard, some kind of kickball maybe, and they speak in your voice [...].
Underworld, 1997.
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