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Fact and fiction in L. Binet’s novel “The Seventh Function of Language” (OPEN ACCESS)

Makarova P.A.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia polina.makarova89@gmail.com

Abstract

The paper discusses the novel by L. Binet The Seventh Function of Language in the context of the interaction of fact and fiction. The fact in Binet's novel is a source of inspiration for the writer as well as a reference point, starting from which the writer builds his alternative reality. Binet's alternative history is one of the ways of understanding and explaining reality as well as the way of its interpretation.

Keywords

historical novel; alternative history; L. Binet; faits divers; fact and fiction; intertextuality

For citing: Makarova P.A. (2021). Fact and fiction in L. Binet’s novel “The Seventh Function of Language”. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 3(47): Literature and history – fact and fiction, pp. 66-81. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2021.03.09

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