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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153176603321

Autore

Muratore Mary Jo

Titolo

Exiles, outcasts, strangers : icons of marginalization in post World War II narratives / Mary Jo Muratore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-4411-2032-7

1-4411-5611-9

1-4725-4242-8

1-4411-7005-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

809.3/9353

Soggetti

Marginality, Social, in literature

Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Exiles in literature

Strangers in literature

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature

Victims of crimes in literature

Minorities in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Contagions of conformity in Camus' L'etranger -- The art of betrayal in Sabato's El tunel -- Poeticizing vice : Genet's Querelle de brest -- In the shadows of significance : the dissolution of character in Wright's The outsider -- The exemplum of empathy in Andre Langevin's Poussiere sur la ville -- Miscast utopia : reversing the slant of history in Pineau's L'exil selon Julia -- Habitat for inhumanity : the legacy of conquest in Naipaul's Guerrillas -- The enemy within : the politics of self-destruction in Zongo's Le parachutage -- The scattered self : the dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le cinquieme fils -- Afterword -- Appendix

Introduction -- 1. Contagions of Conformity in Camus' L'Étranger -- 2. The Art of Betrayal in Sábato's El túnel -- 3. Poeticizing Vice: Genet's Querelle de Brest -- 4. In the Shadows of Significance: The Dissolution of Character in Wright's The Outsider -- 5. The Exemplum of Empathy



in André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville -- 6. Miscast Utopia: Reversing the Slant of History in Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia -- 7. Habitat for Inhumanity: The Legacy of Conquest in Naipaul's Guerillas -- 8. The Enemy Within: The Politics of Self-Destruction in Zongo's Le Parachutage -- 9. The Scattered Self: The Dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le Cinquième Fils -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers explores how nine different "outsider" authors treat the theme of alienation in one of their major works. All the novels under review were written in a limited time span (1942 to 1987, approximately 50 years), and all are structured around a hero or heroine who remains culturally, ethically or aesthetically distant from his/her narrative counterparts. Works discussed: Albert Camus' L'Etranger; Richard Wright's The Outsider; André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville; Ernesto Sábato's El túnel; V.S. Naipaul's Guerrillas; Elie Wiesel's Le Cinquième fils; Norbert Zongo's Le Parachutage; Gisèle Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia, and Jean Genet's Querelle de Brest