03015nam 2200637Ia 450 991081309160332120200520144314.01-78138-837-71-84631-402-X10.3828/9780853235262(CKB)1000000000541217(EBL)380686(OCoLC)476209654(SSID)ssj0000243744(PQKBManifestationID)11217555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243744(PQKBWorkID)10181307(PQKB)10523118(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128158(UkCbUP)CR9781781388372(Au-PeEL)EBL380686(CaPaEBR)ebr10369452(OCoLC)276174098(MiAaPQ)EBC380686(PPN)185163319(EXLCZ)99100000000054121720010820d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA self-conscious art Patrick Modiano's postmodern fictions /Akane Kawakami1st ed.Liverpool Liverpool University Press20001 online resource (166 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Modern French writers ;5Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).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 introduction to the work of one of the most successful modern French novelists.Modern French writers ;5.French fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismPostmodernism (Literature)French fictionHistory and criticism.Postmodernism (Literature)843/.914Kawakami Akane1631946MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813091603321A self-conscious art4105298UNINA