ABSTRACT
Journalistic genres and styles are employed in the Almanacs as satirical tools. French newspapers increasingly modelled themselves after American-style journalism. This meant that 'real life' reportage became as important as the chronicles and the intellectual commentaries on the news. Since the personality of the journalist could exercise such an influence on stories in contemporary newspapers, Almanachs du Pere Ubu's role as journalist and commentator in the Almanacs is not that far removed from reality. Ubu's casual stroll in fact becomes emblematic of the style of writing used in the Almanac and also of the way that modern life is transmitted in the text. In his capacity as flaneur, the 'Ubu Reporter' of the Almanacs appears as a mirror of the author figure as receiver of materials from the outside. Mass culture raised concerns about the fate of autonomous art, as critics feared a declining status for the literary work and the author.
