Reflexive Digressions in Pere Calder’s Short Stories: On the Impersonal Narrator Personality as a Humorous Device Authors Denise Boyer Université Paris-Sorbonne Keywords: Calders, digression, impersonal narrator Abstract Device paper aims to establish the typology and examine the function of the reflexive digressions by the impersonal narrator in Pere Calder’s short stories, i.e., of the general considerations he offers outside the story. While by definition they show the same form and topics as those of the nineteenth century «serious novels» style, and they apparently have the same twofold purpose of legitimizing fiction and authoritatively conveying a certain worldview, they are an example of ironic reversal by inverting the usual effects of a literary device and thus amusing the reader at the expense of a discredited impersonal narrator.Key Words: Calders, digression, impersonal narrator Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Denise Boyer, Université Paris-Sorbonne Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 26 (2016) Section Studies and Editions License L&L: Llengua & Literatura is published under the Creative Commons licence system in the “Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Spain” license scheme, the complete text of which is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Therefore, the public at large is authorised to reproduce, distribute and share its content as long as the author and publisher are acknowledge and it is not used for commercial use or derivative works.This means that when an author submits their work for publication, they are explicitly agreeing to forfeit their editing and publishing rights.L&L provides free and immediate access to its contents (with the versions of the articles submitted that have been positively evaluated and, if needed, amended) through its URL (http://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/LLiL) before they are published on paper, based on the principle that making research available to citizens free of charge fosters the global exchange of knowledge.
