04388nam 22007451c 450 991015317660332120200115203623.01-4411-2032-71-4411-5611-91-4725-4242-81-4411-7005-710.5040/9781472542427(CKB)3710000000103932(EBL)1752385(SSID)ssj0001327430(PQKBManifestationID)11793619(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001327430(PQKBWorkID)11267623(PQKB)11770363(MiAaPQ)EBC1752385(OCoLC)880459191(UtOrBLW)bpp09255834(UtOrBLW)BP9781472542427BC(EXLCZ)99371000000010393220140929d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExiles, outcasts, strangers icons of marginalization in post World War II narratives Mary Jo MuratoreNew York Continuum 2011.1 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-08597-8 1-62356-354-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexContagions 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 -- AppendixIntroduction -- 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 -- BibliographyExiles, 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 BrestIcons of marginalization in post World War IIMarginality, Social, in literatureLiterary studies: generalFiction20th centuryHistory and criticismExiles in literatureStrangers in literatureAlienation (Social psychology) in literatureVictims of crimes in literatureMinorities in literatureMarginality, Social, in literature.FictionHistory and criticism.Exiles in literature.Strangers in literature.Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.Victims of crimes in literature.Minorities in literature.809.3/9353Muratore Mary Jo447227UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910153176603321Exiles, outcasts, strangers2878892UNINA