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Black and White: Michel Tournier, Anatole France and Genesis *
Author(s) -
Tumanov Vladimir
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
orbis litterarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1600-0730
pISSN - 0105-7510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0730.1999.tb00288.x
Subject(s) - hoax , dignity , sister , white (mutation) , wife , element (criminal law) , michel foucault , key (lock) , human sexuality , philosophy , literature , history , art history , art , sociology , theology , anthropology , gender studies , law , biology , politics , medicine , ecology , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , gene
This article deals with Michel Tournier as a writer of hypertexts. The first chapter of Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar is considered with respect to two possible unmarked hypotextual connections. The first is a short story by Anatole France entitled Balthasar , and the Song of Songs is the key element that connects France's and Tournier's texts. The second is an episode from Genesis which I term The Sister‐ Wife Hoax. The main concern in this study is the issue of human dignity as it relates to race and sexuality.