Conclusion Identités de papier : l’espace littéraire, la norme, la dissidence

First, a study of points of view and their concurrence in À la recherche du temps perdu – narrative point of view and discourse vs. Charlus’ point of view and discourse – raises the question of Proust’s « theory of homosexuality ». Then, a reading of Genet suggests that the construction/deconstruction of norms which characterises La Recherche can be found in works ranging from Notre-Dame des Fleurs to Querelle de Brest or Miracle de la rose.