Le corpus Ébullition, un outil de patrimonialisation littéraire, culturelle et linguistique

This paper aims to explore the role that the creation of a digital corpus can play in the process of making Québécois comics part of our literary, cultural and linguistic heritage. We believe that Québécois comics deserve a twofold reflection on their patrimonial value. On the one hand, given the place it has carved out for itself in Québec’s literary domain, Québécois comics require a critical look at the conservation practices that will facilitate research into this medium; on the other hand, Québécois comics possess a memory whose scope extends beyond the boundaries of the medium to include places, cultural objects, social and linguistic practices of interest to Québec’s history. In other words, Québécois comics remember more than just themselves. It is these two relationships to heritage – comics as heritage objects, and as agents of heritage – that we will explore. We will be taking a look at some of the books that have been included in the Ébullition corpus, currently being prepared by the Université de Sherbrooke to facilitate research into Québécois comics.