03087nam 2200613 a 450 991045699670332120200520144314.01-78138-791-51-84631-679-0(CKB)2550000000036929(EBL)726844(OCoLC)741491885(SSID)ssj0000541956(PQKBManifestationID)12211279(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541956(PQKBWorkID)10509544(PQKB)10729073(UkCbUP)CR9781846316791(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127351(MiAaPQ)EBC726844(UkCbUP)CR9781781387917(Au-PeEL)EBL726844(CaPaEBR)ebr10477334(EXLCZ)99255000000003692920110706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThresholds of meaning[electronic resource] passage, ritual and liminality in contemporary French narrative /Jean H. DuffyLiverpool [U.K.] Liverpool University Press20111 online resource (368 p.)Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;18Description based upon print version of record.1-84631-666-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1 At death's door: illness, ritual and liminality in Darrieussecq, Lenoir, and Mauvignier; 2 Suicide and saving face in Bon, Mauvignier and Bergounioux; 3 Commemoration, monument and identity in Bergounioux, Darrieussecq and Rouaud; 4 Retouching the past: family photographs and documents in Rouaud, Bon and Lenoir; Conclusion: Writing passage and the passage to writing; Notes; Select bibliography; IndexThresholds of Meaning examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within recent French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s. Through the close analysis of novels and récits by Pierre Bergounioux, François Bon, Marie Darrieussecq, Hélène Lenoir, Laurent Mauvignier and Jean Rouaud, Duffy demonstrates the ways in which contemporary narrative, while capitalising on the formal lessons of the nouveau roman and drawing upon a sContemporary French and francophone cultures ;18.French literatureHistory and criticismRomance literatureHistory and criticismElectronic books.French literatureHistory and criticism.Romance literatureHistory and criticism.843.9209Duffy Jean H970404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456996703321Thresholds of meaning2224803UNINA