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Thresholds of Meaning : Passage, Ritual and Liminality in Contemporary French Narrative.
Thresholds of Meaning examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within recent French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Thresholds of Meaning examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within recent French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s. Through the close analysis of novels and récits by Pierre Bergounioux, François Bon, Marie Darrieussecq, Hélène Lenoir, Laurent Mauvignier and Jean Rouaud, Duffy demonstrates the ways in which contemporary narrative, while capitalising on the formal lessons of the nouveau roman and drawing upon a s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846316791 1846316790 1846316669 9781846316661 1781387915 9781781387917 |