“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
“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
“The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.” WellsStoriesSidesHistoricalDetachedOdyssey 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
