{"product_id":"shaping-the-novel-receptions-of-the-essais-9781571810366","title":"Shaping the Novel: Receptions of the Essais","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse has been shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. The novel reflects this intellectual current by turning its glance inward to mediate on the creative act as a form of self-contained assertion of its own particular significance. The three writers on whom this study focuses, all major twentieth century authors, were chosen because they can be considered as important representatives of this novelistic self-consciousness. Building on André Malraux's vision of the colloquium as an open-ended verbal interchange, this study calls upon the voices of Anne Hérbert and Patrick Modiano to enter into a dialogue on novelistic form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... the authors ... show us in admirable detail how the authors have created self-referential works which make the novel a vital part of the artistic expression ... draws upon an extensive bibliography and a thorough understanding of how to incorporate critical theory ... an incontrovertible source.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Canadian Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... provides useful readings of important literary texts of our time, but, more than that, it provides food for reflection on the value of the literary project in the postmodern era.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Quebec Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a detailed study, based on a sound understanding of Malraux's, Hébert's and Modiano's works and of modern and postmodern literary criticism. It will rekindle your interest in these authors or will compel you to deepen and enrich it.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · French Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: COLLOQUIUM AS TEXT\/TEXT AS COLLOQUIUM: ANDRÉ MALRAUX'S \u003cem\u003eLES NOYERS DE L'ALTENBURG\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Situating the Work: An Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Literature of Uncertainty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t\u003cem\u003eLes Noyers de L'Altenburg\u003c\/em\u003e: Genesis and Critical Response\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. The Opening of the Son's Account\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe \u003cem\u003eNoyers \u003c\/em\u003eIncipit and Textual Framing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tChartres Prison Camp: Writer(s) Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBerger's Dream or a Text in Search of Embodiment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tParodic Representations of Written and Oral Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. The Father's Cycle: Embedding \/ Telling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEnclosure and Access\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tInscriptions of Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Core Segment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Altenburg Colloquium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. The Text's Inverted Continuum: The Flanders Account\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. The \u003cem\u003eNéocritique \u003c\/em\u003eColloquium and \u003cem\u003eLes Noyers de l'Altenburg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Pluralistic Point of View\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDeferral of Resolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Medium as Message\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRelativization of Events and Individuals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tValue Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMetamorphosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Role of Chance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: VOICES, DREAMS AND NARRATIVE ORGANIZATION: ANNE HÉRBERT'S \u003cem\u003eL'ENFANT CHARGÉ DE SONGES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. The Drama of the Self\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. The Paris Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEntering the Text: The Dragon Mother as Muse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCircumscription and Concentricity: The Urban Nexus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. The Duchesnay-Quebec City Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVoices of Conflict: Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tInteraction of Voices\/Manner of Communication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLaughter's Relativization of the Sublime, the Profane, and the Carnivalesque\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. Thematization and Structural Articulation: Writing and Art as Referents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Epistolary Mode\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Text's Dialogue with Literature and Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoutes of Exploration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Hébertian Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDreams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: ABSENCE, INQUIRY, AND FABRICATION: TEXTUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE NOVELS OF PATRICK MODIANO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. Surveying the Literary Terrain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. Mnemosyne's Spell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. Specularity and the Void as Text\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWriting and Vacuity: \u003cem\u003eVestiaire de l'enfance\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Paradigm of the Textual Abyss: \u003cem\u003eVoyage de Noces\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBringing the Text to Light: \u003cem\u003eFleurs de ruine\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNarrative Reweaving in \u003cem\u003eUn Cirque passe \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eChien de printemps\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. The Then and Now of Modiano's Novelistic World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041405469015,"sku":"9781571810366","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571810366.jpg?v=1750950142","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shaping-the-novel-receptions-of-the-essais-9781571810366","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}