La fonction créative du stéréotype dans le récit bref en France au XVIe siècle

In premodern literature, stereotype, called locus communis, had to play an important role inherited from Greek and Latin Antiquity’s rhetorics. particular, it served as source of convincing arguments appropriate discuss philosophical, theological or moral questions. The concept common place has also found its use in short stories 16th century. Firstly, the realm invention, when authors adapted narrative plots taken written tradition; secondly, elocution, they employed topic images sentences. aim this paper is elucidate those two meanings stereotype French nouvelles published that time.