02854nam 2200637Ia 450 991078843350332120230725045845.01-283-14188-41-4438-2616-29786613141880(CKB)3360000000431402(EBL)1107143(OCoLC)823720720(SSID)ssj0000543630(PQKBManifestationID)12160394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543630(PQKBWorkID)10548743(PQKB)11048440(MiAaPQ)EBC1107143(Au-PeEL)EBL1107143(CaPaEBR)ebr10642801(CaONFJC)MIL314188(OCoLC)678476401(FINmELB)ELB144531(EXLCZ)99336000000043140220110301d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvil in contemporary French and francophone literature[electronic resource] /edited by Scott M. PowersNewcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars20111 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-2587-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-211) and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND/AS EVIL; THE MONSTER WITHIN; WRITING WHAT CANNOT BE SAID; THE PO/ETHICS OF THE CHILD TESTIMONY; BEIGBEDERS EVIL PERSONAE IN WINDOWS ON THE WORLD; IS KINDLY JUST KINKY?IRONY AND EVIL IN JONATHAN LITTELL'S THE KINDLY ONES; JONATHAN LITTELL'S THE KINDLY ONES; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEXEvil remains a primary source of inquiry in contemporary literature of French expression, even among its most secular writers. In considering French-speaking authors from France, Belgium, the United States, the Maghreb, and Sub-Saharan Africa, this collection delineates a rich international perspective on some of the most disturbing events of our time. Each essay testifies to the urgency expressed in works of fiction to give an account of human catastrophes, from the Shoah and the Rwandan gen...French literature20th centuryHistory and criticismFrench literature21st centuryHistory and criticismEvil in literatureEthics in literatureFrench literatureHistory and criticism.French literatureHistory and criticism.Evil in literature.Ethics in literature.840.938Powers Scott M982154MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788433503321Evil in contemporary French and francophone literature3825836UNINA