Alain : la littérature des «propos»

This study tries to point out the reasons why Alain includes many «propos» dealing with literary matters in the papers he gives in La Dépêche de Rouen et de Normandie between 1906 and 1914. At first, it points out that literature is only mentionned in some circumstances and is always linked with social or political cares. It also shows that Alain criticizes the way literature is celebrated at the beginning of the century. His differents targets are identified and an analysis of his own idea of literature is given. At the end, it examines why (re)reading appeared to Alain as one of the most effective support of a real democracy.