The presence of the narrator in La Symphonie pastorale

Based on the instructions of narratology and specifically those of Gérard Genette, explained at length in Figures III, this article will attempt to conduct a study of the presence of the narrator in La Symphonie pastorale and analyses the narrative structures, in which the narrator of this story gets advantage to mark his trail. The narrator homodiégétique also uses different processes to establish a half-direct contact with his/her interlocutor and tries to engage him/her in narrative procedures that lead ultimately to the genesis of this story. In this narrator’s point of view, the second part of this game must not remain inactive, should be engaged in the narrative world. Certainly, reading this book will not launch serious problems for the reader, however the terms of presence of the narrator and the means he uses to create a place for its effective interlocutor might interest readers vigilant and curious.