/change / Ex/change

Alors que les notions dchange et de changement sont lobjet dtudes frquentes dans les domaines conomiques, linguistiques ou encore anthropologiques, elles ne sont que rarement prises en compte per se dans le domaine littraire. En insistant sur les ambiguts, les chevauchements et les interactions entre ces deux thmes dans la littrature franaise de lpoque mdivale nos jours, ce recueil darticles dmontre leur porosit et leur instabilit. Le terme /change crit avec une barre oblique entend souligner ainsi la tension inhrente la littrature franaise que rvle ce volume issu dune confrence qui sest tenue Queens University Belfast en Mai 2008 sur ce mme thme. Whereas the notions of exchange and change are often the subject of enquiry in the context of financial, linguistic or anthropological discourses, they are rarely analysed for the essential role they play in the literary domain. By exploring the ways in which change and exchange interact in French literature from the medieval period to the present day, this volume explores their fluidity and instability. Drawing on a number of conference papers presented at Queens University Belfast in May 2008 on the theme of ex/change a term that deliberately draws attention to the tension between these notions the essays presented here shed new light on a neglected but underlying theme in French literature.