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In this first critical study in English to focus exclusively on Annie Ernaux’s writing trajectory, Siobhán McIlvanney provides a stimulating and challenging analysis of Ernaux’s individual texts.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Con/textualising the Corpus
  • 1 The Early Years: Classifying Sexuality in 'Les Armoires vides' and 'Ce qu'ils disent ou rien'
  • 2 The Adult Woman: Female Behaviour Pradigms in 'La Femme gelee' and 'Passion simple'
  • 3 Writing the Auto/biographical Legacies of La Place and Une femme
  • 4 Self/representation through the M/other in the Diaries of 'Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit', 'Journal du dehors' and 'La Vie exterieure'
  • 5 The Return to Origins: 'La Honte' and 'L'Evenement'
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Annie Ernaux The Return to Origins

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    A Paperback by Siobhán Mcilvanney


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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780853235477, 978-0853235477
      ISBN10: 0853235473

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this first critical study in English to focus exclusively on Annie Ernaux’s writing trajectory, Siobhán McIlvanney provides a stimulating and challenging analysis of Ernaux’s individual texts.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgements
      • List of Abbreviations
      • Introduction: Con/textualising the Corpus
      • 1 The Early Years: Classifying Sexuality in 'Les Armoires vides' and 'Ce qu'ils disent ou rien'
      • 2 The Adult Woman: Female Behaviour Pradigms in 'La Femme gelee' and 'Passion simple'
      • 3 Writing the Auto/biographical Legacies of La Place and Une femme
      • 4 Self/representation through the M/other in the Diaries of 'Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit', 'Journal du dehors' and 'La Vie exterieure'
      • 5 The Return to Origins: 'La Honte' and 'L'Evenement'
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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