The figures of speech in Giraudoux's dramatic works.

Abstract

It would perhaps be unfair to say that no French writer within the last half century has received as much attention as Jean Giraudoux; however, it would be less than just to ignore the proofs of esteem and affection rendered him since his untimely death in 1944. Streets and buildings have been named in Giraudoux's honor. A street in Paris bears his name; his old school in Chateauroux is now called the Lycee Jean Giraudoux. This is a type of recognition not frequently given to equally famous authors.