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Globe Revue internationale d’études québécoises
Documentaire et jeux de fiction. Le cas du cinéma québécois Between fiction and documentary: Grey areas in Quebec cinema Mélissa Thériault
L’actualité de l’art au Québec Article abstract Volume 17, Number 1, 2014 This article examines the relationship between fiction and non-fiction from the perspective of contemporary philosophy, using selected examples from the last URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1028636ar 50 years of Quebec cinema. It notes how moving back and forth between DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1028636ar genres (including intentional efforts to blur the boundaries between genres) is a persistent trend in Quebec cinema. This also highlights and raises theoretical See table of contents problems associated with any attempt at clear demarcation, leading to a discussion of the similarities and differences between fictional cinema and documentary cinema as they both seek to express a unique social reality. In fact, the relationship between the two is continually being (re)negotiated as Publisher(s) genres develop and accepted boundaries are challenged in response to artistic Globe, Revue internationale d’études québécoises trends, new methods and experimentation. I begin by providing some general observations on the concepts of fiction and documentary, drawing on the recent work of philosophers Gregory Currie and Noel Carroll. Next, I explore ISSN the motifs underlying the clear trend toward blurring the lines between fiction 1481-5869 (print) and documentary, using a certain number of examples from Quebec cinema. 1923-8231 (digital) Finally, this contemporary perspective on Quebec cinema allows me to make some more general remarks on the ontology of cinema. Explore this journal
Cite this article Thériault, M. (2014). Documentaire et jeux de fiction. Le cas du cinéma québécois. Globe, 17(1), 131–152. https://doi.org/10.7202/1028636ar
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DOCUMENTAIRE ET JEUX DE FICTION. LE CAS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS 1
MÉLISSA THÉRIAULT Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Canada)