Of revolutions and convolutions. Narrative repetition and historical time in 'Prochain episode' by Hubert Aquin

Prochain episode presents history in the process of becoming a museum exhib it, a process that is often read as a sign of the revolution's failure. How ever, the novel also raises questions on the relations between, on the one hand, collective memory and representations of history, and, on the other h and, the experience of the historical present. Analysis of the many example s of narrative repetition that structure the novel, and Aquin's remarks on Joyce's Ulysse, sheds light on Aquinian views of revolution, repetition and historical time in general.