Papers by Tommaso Melilli
Jonathan Littell’s latest works are closely linked with each other with respect to both form and ... more Jonathan Littell’s latest works are closely linked with each other with respect to both form and content. Triptyque. Trois études sur Francis Bacon is an essay about the work of the Dublin-born painter; Une vieille histoire is an unconventional novel in which the same story is told twice by using almost the same plot and means in order to create something new. In Triptyque Littell looks for the «grammar of Francis Bacon’s paintings», by focusing mainly on the codes and uses of the triptych form. Triptyque’s cover shows one of the documents found in Francis Bacon’s workshop, considered to be one of his first triptych draft, called Three studies for figures at the base of a crucifixion. This document embodies a poetical device that Jonathan Littell put in the background of his narrative piece. Une vieille histoire reproduces the concept structure of two figures connected with each other by meticulous correspondences and mises en abyme. By exploring this poetical link between Triptyque and Une vieille histoire, the author will also deal with Maurice Blanchot’s first novel, Thomas l’Obscur. Rewritten after nine years and greatly reduced in its length, this one-in-two book could be a relevant reference for Jonathan Littell works.
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