23 English eng Chamier, Suzanne Contributor <p data-start="665" data-end="924">The article examines <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline">Raymond Queneau</span>’s preface to the French translation of <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline">Mosquitoes</span> (<em data-start="802" data-end="814">Moustiques</em>), focusing on how Queneau interprets and presents <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline">William Faulkner</span> to a French audience. It argues that Queneau plays a crucial mediating role in shaping Faulkner’s reception in France. Through his preface, Queneau highlights stylistic experimentation, irony, and the modernist qualities of Faulkner’s writing, while also framing the novel in ways that align with French literary tastes and intellectual traditions. The article suggests that Queneau does not merely introduce the text but actively reinterprets it, emphasizing certain themes (such as form and narrative play) while downplaying others. This reflects broader issues of translation, cultural transfer, and the transformation of literary meaning across contexts. Ultimately, the essay shows how Faulkner’s work is recontextualized in France, and how Queneau contributes to constructing Faulkner’s image as a major modernist writer in European literary discourse.</p> The Johns Hopkins University Press Fall 1997/Spring 1998 pdf ISSN 0884-2949 Comparative literature Faulkner and Queneau: Raymond Queneau's Preface to "Moustiques" mixed material The Johns Hopkins University Press