摘要：This paper tackles the issue of limits in Chuck Palahniuk＇s Choke （2001）. The narrative is at the image of this controversial American writer and mirrors his work as a whole. The paper aims at exploring the trespassing and even the annihilation of boundaries both at the thematic and linguistic levels. The cornerstone notion of transgression opens the path to a rewriting of the paradigm between signifiers and signified and unveils the problematics of the body linked to the redefined vision of choking and to a deviant sexuality. the body itself is remolded into a land of conquest. The reader is left to wonder where Palahniuk＇s quest for transgression will lead him, if the crossing of limits is precisely limitless and if the body is an enduring cornucopia of possible experiences.

摘要：The article aims at deciphering Clive Barker＇s multilayered short story ＂the body Politic＂ inserted in the 4th book of Books of Blood （1984-1985）. In this work, the British author presents the human body as literally a book which has to be opened, rediscovered; it is a terra incognita marked by the resurgence of repressed elements or by the sense of urgency of applying a new significance to this locus. The notion of rewriting is a leitmotiv in ＂the body Politic＂ as Barker seems to redefine not merely the organic political metaphor but drapes this imagery with Gothic, biblical or psychoanalytic veils. Julia Kristeva＇s Powers of Horror （1982） is a cornerstone to apprehend the depiction of the body as the ultimate unknown. The narrative traps the reader into the paradoxical hypnotic delights of the Otherized, abjectified body.

摘要：King＇s narratives exemplify the themes of the uncanny, of masking and unmasking, of the corporeal otherisation and of the questioning of identity. This paper is an invitation to go beyond what may commonly be thought of as a uniform looking-glass so as to discover King＇s particular treatment of the body. Far from shying away from sexuality, the American writer depicts it in an ambivalent or disguised manner （Thinner, Mr. Mercedes, Christine, Misery, Cycle of the Werewolf）. If the female body is mainly connected with the taboos of rape and incest （Gerald＇s Game, Dolores Claiborne, Bag of Bones, Under the Dome）, or with ungenderisation （The Tommynockers, Rose Madder）, the notion of monstrosisation can nevertheless be applied to both male and female bodies （The Shining, Desperation, ＂The Raft,＂ ＂Survivor Type＂）. Oscillating between hypermonstration and avoidance, King pulls the strings of the fragmentation, even of the silencing of the body. The fissure impregnating the characters＇ identity and bodies is enlightened by the shattering of the very connection between signifiers and signified, inserting the reader into a state of non-knowledge： a mesmerising dance of disembodied bodies within disembodied texts.