Abstract

A number of current literary projects of French literature are published in the format of ABC-books. Why has this format, related to the learning of reading, become so popular today? In a society dominated by electronic apparatuses and pervasive technologies, is it imperative to relearn how to read and write? In this article, I attempt to answer these questions by looking at two recent publications (2014) by authors Francois Bon and Eric Chevillard who are also known for their online presence and their appropriation of new communicative tools for their own creative purposes. With the use of free, textual analysis software, such as Voyant Tools, I seek to explore the centrality of the confessional-autobiographical modalities in these ABC-book projects arguing that the “abandonment” to an aleatory navigation based on serendipity constitutes their guiding principle.

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