Resumen de Un réalisme de la perception: éléments pour une épigraphie simonienne
The realist ambition supposes that language can give an image of reality whose adequacy will be judged according to precision in vocabulary or detail. Reading becomes seeing : a character's vision both motivates description and gives it verisimilitude. Citing words doubles the effect of textual realism, to abolish for an instant the distinction between a sign and its referent. However Simon 's usage does not only produce such an effect, but also renders the perception of a reality where language has a place.
