A self-conscious art : Patrick Modiano's postmodern fictions / / Akane Kawakami [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Kawakami Akane
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 843/.914
• Soggetto topico: French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Postmodernism (Literature)
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A self-conscious art
• ISBN: 1-78138-837-7; 1-84631-402-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782248603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Modern French writers ; ; 5.