How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland
This article questions the link between creativity, lexical creation and humor in literary texts, more specifically in three of Rikki Ducornet’s novels: The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland. The literary text is a privileged space for linguistic experimentation and particula...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2021-08-01
|
| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/5483 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849326808314413056 |
|---|---|
| author | Elodie Trolé |
| author_facet | Elodie Trolé |
| author_sort | Elodie Trolé |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article questions the link between creativity, lexical creation and humor in literary texts, more specifically in three of Rikki Ducornet’s novels: The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland. The literary text is a privileged space for linguistic experimentation and particularly for literary creation, which takes the form of tropes and figures of speech which question the relation between sign and meaning. Rikki Ducornet’s novels use both lexical creation and literary creativity to create humor, as they rely on long-lasting literary traditions such as Lewis Carroll’s nonsense and Rabelais’ carnivalesque. Her novels show the powerful link between lexical creation, fictional creativity and humor; this article will study the modalities and the consequences of this link. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-e6d10f2a80c94835a4998fc93e4be349 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1951-6215 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-08-01 |
| publisher | Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
| spelling | doaj-art-e6d10f2a80c94835a4998fc93e4be3492025-08-20T03:48:03ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152021-08-011710.4000/lexis.5483How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in DreamlandElodie TroléThis article questions the link between creativity, lexical creation and humor in literary texts, more specifically in three of Rikki Ducornet’s novels: The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland. The literary text is a privileged space for linguistic experimentation and particularly for literary creation, which takes the form of tropes and figures of speech which question the relation between sign and meaning. Rikki Ducornet’s novels use both lexical creation and literary creativity to create humor, as they rely on long-lasting literary traditions such as Lewis Carroll’s nonsense and Rabelais’ carnivalesque. Her novels show the powerful link between lexical creation, fictional creativity and humor; this article will study the modalities and the consequences of this link.https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/5483lexical creationonomasticspunsnonsensecarnivalesquecomic relief |
| spellingShingle | Elodie Trolé How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology lexical creation onomastics puns nonsense carnivalesque comic relief |
| title | How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland |
| title_full | How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland |
| title_fullStr | How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland |
| title_short | How to (mis)use language: humor, creativity and lexical creation in Rikki Ducornet’s The Stain, The Fountains of Neptune and Phosphor in Dreamland |
| title_sort | how to mis use language humor creativity and lexical creation in rikki ducornet s the stain the fountains of neptune and phosphor in dreamland |
| topic | lexical creation onomastics puns nonsense carnivalesque comic relief |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/5483 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT elodietrole howtomisuselanguagehumorcreativityandlexicalcreationinrikkiducornetsthestainthefountainsofneptuneandphosphorindreamland |