La BD québécoise : « Magasin Général », la langue entre imaginaire et représentation

Abstract

This paper analyses a Québec comic strip, Magasin général, in which language is both an element of group cohesion and of explicit thematisation. Starting from the problematic relationship Québec has with French linguistic norm, we try to investigate the use of language in the BD itself, the discourse about language by the characters and by a large paratextual apparatus, and also the reception of this comic by the Québec highbrow press.