LʼHOMME EN CONFRONTATION AVEC LE CERCLE. MÉTAPHORE DANS LE THÉÂTRE COURT DE MATÉI VIŞNIEC

The present study explores the meanings of the metaphor of the circle in the short plays included in the volume The Man in the Circle by Matéi Vişniec, highlighting the varied poses that this symbol acquires in the dramatic context. Starting from the idea that writers, and especially poets, challenge and extend the ordinary ways in which speakers think and express themselves and creatively use the same metaphorical tools that they use in everyday language, we seek to show how the metaphors in Vişniecʼs plays construct textual reality, in an active process of revealing the absurdity and psychological tension that characterize both the individual and society.e paper addresses some humorous aspects of the writer Fouad Laroui’s chronicles posted on the French-speaking Moroccan information site Le360. To this end, our analysis focuses on an article published on August 3, 2016: The Englishman who wants to save Al Hoceima. We seek to detect all the characteristics of the irony that the author adopts each time to create humour in the eyes of the reader. In principle, the humorous statement depends radically on the social and psychological identity of the speakers. As already mentioned, our analysis of Laroui's chronicle focuses on narrative irony, more specifically, its tools and characteristics.