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Because of obvious critical decompartmentalization and dissemination,it is difficult to trace the outlines of Quebec research ontwentieth-century French literature. It appears, however, that researchin Quebec presents core themes or “tangents”, which emergefrom a careful study of researchers' backgrounds, the issues theychoose to examine, their key collaborations, and the studies and bodiesof work that attract their attention. Thus, while problematizing therelevance of using the twentieth century as a measure ofinterdisciplinarity, this article proposes a study, both meticulous andsubjective, of research in Quebec with the aim of establishing thepoints of convergence or demarcation that can better define itsspecific contribution. The observation of a very clear division between“twentieth-century literature” and“contemporary” literature (1980 to the present) allows us,moreover, to compare and contrast not only “two” readingsof the twentieth century, but also “two” relativelydistinct literatures, each with its own critical issues.
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Louis-Auguste Blanqui's L'Éternité par les astres reveals the modern writers' critical and ironic attitude towards nineteenth century philosophy of history. Blanqui's project is politicallyoriented, since it tries to symbolize the horizon of historical events without reducing it to an Origin or an Ending. The aporia that appears in his text nevertheless reintroduces the question of origin because his own pragmatics necessarily designates the place and time of its event. How can one pursue the description of a plane, from which all historicity proceeds, without leaving the marks of his own historical inscription ? How, except by repetition, can one refuse to acknowledge the origin of his own speech ?