Les deux récits du tableau : Histoire et configuration narrative en peinture

The Two Stories in the Picture : Story and Narrative Configuration in Painting A sequence of events is a story if it has a plot ; emplotment organises parts in relation to a whole, an activity fundamental to painting ; and it is this narrative configuration which effects the transaction from linear temporality to that of its representation. (323)Rougé Bertrand. Les deux récits du tableau : Histoire et configuration narrative en peinture. In: Littérature, n°106, 1997. pp. 6-20