Tit-Coq (1948) by Gratien Gélinas
From its creation in 1948, Gratien Gélinas’ Tit-Coq has been received not only as the «first» play of its author, but also as the founding moment of genuine French-Canadian theatre. However, the play itself, like its author, emerged from a certain theatrical tradition, largely prior, which is thus denied. Nevertheless, the critical reception (dramatic and literary) will impose this idea of a founding act which, in the context of the aesthetic debates of the time, will favor for the first time the integration of theater and dramatic texts into literary history.