La festivalisation du roman policier en Europe romane : vers un patrimoine ? // The festivalisation of crime fiction in Romance-speaking Europe: towards heritage?

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Long considered a sub-literature, a 'bad genre', the detective novel seems to have gained its credibility on 21st century. Not only is it no longer regarded as a pulp novel, relegated to the newspaper kiosks, but it has conquered the institutional and cultural space of the city in the form, among other things, of the growing number of festivals devoted to it each year. Since the 1980s, there has been an unprecedented expansion of thriller festivals in France, Spain and Italy in particular, as part of the international movement to promote and circulate books. While major cities such as Barcelona, Lyon and Milan are organising their own events, the phenomenon seems to be spreading to medium-sized towns and even small cities across Europe. In Italy, for example, the most important crime fiction festivals are held in small provincial towns (Suzzara, Monticello Brianza, Pietrasanta). These festivals are often run by crime fiction writers, who then become cultural agents in their area, and enjoy remarkable support from local institutions. It will be interesting to analyse the phenomenon in all the countries of Europe's Romance languages in order to study the way in which this literature is currently undergoing a phenomenon of ontological promotion and how, in turn, the territories are seizing on the phenomenon to promote a form of literary tourism that is booming.
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Début de la thèse : 01/09/2025
WEB : https://research.univ-unita.eu/en/choral-project.html

Programmes de l'Union Européenne de financement de la recherche (ERC, ERASMUS)

Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

481 Sciences Sociales et Humanités

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