'Le Roi des Aulnes' (Michel Tournier), une ecriture sinistre ou adroite ('The King of Aulnes' [Michel Tournier], Sinister or Artful Literature).

Presents an analysis, used in a course on modern French literature and society, of Michel Tournier's novel "Le Roi des Aulnes." The analysis attempts to highlight the various levels of symbolism and the relationship between literature and history as found in the novel. (AM)