TY - ECHAP A1 - Novak-Lechevalier, Agathe TI - Michel Houellebecq : le pathétique en lisière T3 - Twentieth and twenty-first century literature, n° 8 in Rencontres M1 - 68 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-1424-4.p.0067 SN - 978-2-8124-1424-4 SP - 67 EP - 80 AB - Although it sometimes seems banished from his novels, pathos constitutes a central theme and a crucial question in Houellebecq’s work. Through this essential ambiguity, pathos is a central tool in the novelist’s strategy : the paradoxical use he makes of it allows him to efficiently disrupt the moral value system. It also enables him to assemble a community of readers and, by means of his novels, restore the vanishing links between humans. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/01/08 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/l-unite-de-l-oeuvre-de-michel-houellebecq-michel-houellebecq-le-pathetique-en-lisiere-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/08 ER -