L’écriture comme engagement : à l’orée d’une notion

In Littérature (1941), Giraudoux begins to use the term “writing” to define, not without a certain vehemence, the mission of the writer in relation to the social function of language. To write is for him an intransitive act, as it would be for Barthes. In this pivotal time when the doctrine of engagement has been lost, this article situates the particular stance of this writer who placed his trust in language’s power to expand the senses.