LEADER 03015nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910813091603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78138-837-7 010 $a1-84631-402-X 024 7 $a10.3828/9780853235262 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541217 035 $a(EBL)380686 035 $a(OCoLC)476209654 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10181307 035 $a(PQKB)10523118 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128158 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781388372 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380686 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10369452 035 $a(OCoLC)276174098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380686 035 $a(PPN)185163319 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541217 100 $a20010820d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA self-conscious art $ePatrick Modiano's postmodern fictions /$fAkane Kawakami 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLiverpool $cLiverpool University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (166 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aModern French writers ;$v5 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017). 311 $a0-85323-526-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index. 327 $aTitle 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; Index 330 $aA Self-Conscious Art is the first full-length study in English to attempt to deal with the formal complexities of Modiano's work, by reading 'against the grain' of his self-professed ingenuousness. A detailed examination of his narratives shows the deeply postmodern nature of his writing. Parodying precursors such as Proust or the nouveau romanciers, his narratives are built around a profound lack of faith in the ability of writing to retrieve the past through memory, and this failure is acknowledged in the discreet playfulness that characterises his novels. This book is a timely introduction to the work of one of the most successful modern French novelists. 410 0$aModern French writers ;$v5. 606 $aFrench fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPostmodernism (Literature) 615 0$aFrench fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPostmodernism (Literature) 676 $a843/.914 700 $aKawakami$b Akane$01631946 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813091603321 996 $aA self-conscious art$94105298 997 $aUNINA