“Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey.” CharacterStoriesValuesIndividualFictionHistoricalImaginaryPresentingTrue StoryOdysseyIliadHistorical Value Author:Raymond Queneau
“It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.” WantSometimesCharacterStoriesInterestInterestingViewsFictionReaderUniversalCreatorPoint Of ViewConvince Author:Raymond Queneau
“Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.” WellsImportantSometimesCharacterStoriesInterestRemainsHistoricalDefinedNovelistsSpitePreciseMediocreHistorical Context Author:Raymond Queneau
“To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.” KnowsCharacterStoriesPartyHeroThirdsRefinementThird Parties Author:Raymond Queneau
“We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.” CharacterEventsAspectHistoricalHistorical Events Author:Raymond Queneau
