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Thresholds of Meaning
Jean Duffy
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Description for Thresholds of Meaning
Hardback. Examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; and, the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 364 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
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; and 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 shared repertoire of motifs and themes, engages with the complex processes ... Read more
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; and 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 shared repertoire of motifs and themes, engages with the complex processes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846316661
SKU
V9781846316661
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About Jean Duffy
Jean Duffy is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Edinburgh.
Reviews for Thresholds of Meaning
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. Choice Thresholds of Meaning makes a valuable contribution to the study of the contemporary novel, but the non-specialist would also be interested by the Introduction, whose survey of the novel from the postwar period to the present shows that scholarly assumptions about today’s fiction are changing for the better. French Studies, vol 66, no 1 ... Read more