Chapter published in:
The Expression of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality in Albert Camus’s L'Étranger and Its Translations / L'Étranger de Camus et ses traductions : questions de temps, d'aspect, de modalité et d'évidentialité (TAME): An empirical study / Etude empiriqueEdited by Eric Corre, Danh Thành Do-Hurinville and Huy Linh Dao
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa 35] 2020
► pp. 76–94
À propos d’un conflit aspectuo-temporel engendré par certains usages du passé composé
Denis Apothéloz | Université de Lorraine & ATILF
In Camus’s novel L’Étranger, the
almost systematic use of the passé composé (PC) may
cause, in temporal subordinate clauses, an aspectuo-temporal
conflict. This conflict occurs when the PC in the subordinate clause
is forced, for narrative reasons, to refer to the past resultative
phase of a situation. This article presents a detailed analysis of
the various dimensions of this problem. It shows that its perception
as a problem of wording may sometimes result in an inappropriate
choice of tense. A hypothesis is formulated whereby this aspectual
conflict is resolved by an extension of the lexical meaning of the
verb in the subordinate clause, which entails the absorption of the
resultative phase. The article concludes by assuming that some PC in Camus’ novel contribute to the experience of the
absurd for the reader.
Keywords:
passé composé
,
passé surcomposé
, temporal subordinate clause, “quand”, anteriority, resultativity
Published online: 11 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/lis.35.05apo
https://doi.org/10.1075/lis.35.05apo
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