L’ AUTORÉFLEXIVITÉ DANS LE THÉÂTRE D’EUGÈNE IONESCO

In this study we aim to demonstrate that self -reflexivity is an important feature of Ionesco’s theatre. It is achieved through autobiographical, metaliterary, intertextual and epistemological devices. We tackled only the autobiographical and metaliterary elements present in some plays such as: "Victimes du devoir", "L’Impromptu de l’Alma", "Le Roi se meurt" and "Voyages chez les morts". Eugène Ionesco's theatrical work is deeply marked by self-reflexivity, since the playwright questions the theater, its means of expression, its language and even literature. For Ionesco, theatre as a literary genre allows total freedom.