LEADER 03837nam 22006612 450 001 9910781223703321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $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 $a20111001d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThresholds of meaning $epassage, ritual and liminality in contemporary French narrative /$fJean H. Duffy$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 356 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v18 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-84631-666-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAt death's door: illness, ritual and liminality in Darrieussecq, Lenoir, and Mauvignier -- Suicide and saving face in Bon, Mauvignier and Bergounioux -- Commemoration, monument and identity in Bergounioux, Darrieussecq and Rouaud -- Retouching the past: family photographs and documents in Rouaud, Bon and Lenoir -- Conclusion: writing passage and the passage to writing. 330 $aThresholds of Meaning examines contemporary French narrative and explores two related issues: the centrality within recent French fiction and autofiction of the themes of passage, ritual and liminality; the thematic continuity which links this work with its literary ancestors of the 1960s and 1970s. Through the close analysis of novels and re?cits by Pierre Bergounioux, Franc?ois Bon, Marie Darrieussecq, He?le?ne Lenoir, Laurent Mauvignier and Jean Rouaud, Duffy demonstrates the ways in which contemporary narrative, while capitalising on the formal lessons of the nouveau roman and drawing upon a shared repertoire of motifs and themes, engages with the complex processes by which meaning is produced in the referential world and, in particular, with the rituals and codes that social man brings into play in order to negotiate the various stages of the human life-cycle. By the application of theoretical concepts and models derived from anthropology and from visual studies, the study situates itself at the intersection of the developing field of literature and anthropology studies and research into word and image. 410 0$aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v18. 606 $aFrench fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiminality in literature 606 $aRites and ceremonies in literature 606 $aAutobiographical fiction, French$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aFrench fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiminality in literature. 615 0$aRites and ceremonies in literature. 615 0$aAutobiographical fiction, French$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a843.9209 700 $aDuffy$b Jean H.$01514136 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781223703321 996 $aThresholds of meaning$93749054 997 $aUNINA