02889nam 2200637Ia 450 991045354900332120200520144314.01-78138-837-71-84631-402-X(CKB)1000000000541217(EBL)380686(OCoLC)476209654(SSID)ssj0000243744(PQKBManifestationID)11217555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243744(PQKBWorkID)10181307(PQKB)10523118(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128158(MiAaPQ)EBC380686(UkCbUP)CR9781781388372(PPN)185163319(Au-PeEL)EBL380686(CaPaEBR)ebr10369452(OCoLC)276174098(EXLCZ)99100000000054121720010820d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA self-conscious art[electronic resource] Patrick Modiano's postmodern fictions /Akane KawakamiLiverpool Liverpool University Press20001 online resource (176 p.)Modern French writers ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-85323-526-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Degree Zero Voices: The Empty Narrator; 2: Disorderly Narratives: The Order of Narration; 3: Unreal Stories: The 'effet d'irreel'; 4: Being Serious: Modiano's Use of History; 5: Being Playful: Parody and Disappointment; 6: Being Popular: The Modiano Novel; Notes to Introduction; Bibliography; IndexA Self-Conscious Art is the first full-length study in English to attempt to deal with the formal complexities of Modiano's work, by reading 'against the grain' of his self-professed ingenuousness. A detailed examination of his narratives shows the deeply postmodern nature of his writing. Parodying precursors such as Proust or the nouveau romanciers, his narratives are built around a profound lack of faith in the ability of writing to retrieve the past through memory, and this failure is acknowledged in the discreet playfulness that characterises his novels. This book is a timely introductionModern French writers ;5.French fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismPostmodernism (Literature)Electronic books.French fictionHistory and criticism.Postmodernism (Literature)843.914843/.914Kawakami Akane855944MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453549003321A self-conscious art2234397UNINA