LEADER 03087nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910456996703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78138-791-5 010 $a1-84631-679-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036929 035 $a(EBL)726844 035 $a(OCoLC)741491885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000541956 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12211279 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541956 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10509544 035 $a(PQKB)10729073 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781846316791 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127351 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC726844 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781387917 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL726844 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10477334 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036929 100 $a20110706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThresholds of meaning$b[electronic resource] $epassage, ritual and liminality in contemporary French narrative /$fJean H. Duffy 210 $aLiverpool [U.K.] $cLiverpool University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84631-666-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHalf-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; Index 330 $aThresholds of Meaning examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within recent French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s. Through the close analysis of novels and re?cits by Pierre Bergounioux, Franc?ois Bon, Marie Darrieussecq, He?le?ne Lenoir, Laurent Mauvignier and Jean Rouaud, Duffy demonstrates the ways in which contemporary narrative, while capitalising on the formal lessons of the nouveau roman and drawing upon a s 410 0$aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v18. 606 $aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRomance literature$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRomance literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a843.9209 700 $aDuffy$b Jean H$0970404 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456996703321 996 $aThresholds of meaning$92224803 997 $aUNINA