Exiles, outcasts, strangers : icons of marginalization in post World War II narratives / Mary Jo Muratore

• Autore: Muratore Mary Jo
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Continuum, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.3/9353
• Soggetto topico: Marginality, Social, in literature; Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Exiles in literature; Strangers in literature; Alienation (Social psychology) in literature; Victims of crimes in literature; Minorities in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: Contagions of conformity in Camus' L'etranger -- The art of betrayal in Sabato's El tunel -- Poeticizing vice : Genet's Querelle de brest -- In the shadows of significance : the dissolution of character in Wright's The outsider -- The exemplum of empathy in Andre Langevin's Poussiere sur la ville -- Miscast utopia : reversing the slant of history in Pineau's L'exil selon Julia -- Habitat for inhumanity : the legacy of conquest in Naipaul's Guerrillas -- The enemy within : the politics of self-destruction in Zongo's Le parachutage -- The scattered self : the dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le cinquieme fils -- Afterword -- Appendix ; Introduction -- 1. Contagions of Conformity in Camus' L'Étranger -- 2. The Art of Betrayal in Sábato's El túnel -- 3. Poeticizing Vice: Genet's Querelle de Brest -- 4. In the Shadows of Significance: The Dissolution of Character in Wright's The Outsider -- 5. The Exemplum of Empathy in André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville -- 6. Miscast Utopia: Reversing the Slant of History in Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia -- 7. Habitat for Inhumanity: The Legacy of Conquest in Naipaul's Guerillas -- 8. The Enemy Within: The Politics of Self-Destruction in Zongo's Le Parachutage -- 9. The Scattered Self: The Dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le Cinquième Fils -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers explores how nine different "outsider" authors treat the theme of alienation in one of their major works. All the novels under review were written in a limited time span (1942 to 1987, approximately 50 years), and all are structured around a hero or heroine who remains culturally, ethically or aesthetically distant from his/her narrative counterparts. Works discussed: Albert Camus' L'Etranger; Richard Wright's The Outsider; André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville; Ernesto Sábato's El túnel; V.S. Naipaul's Guerrillas; Elie Wiesel's Le Cinquième fils; Norbert Zongo's Le Parachutage; Gisèle Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia, and Jean Genet's Querelle de Brest
• Altri titoli varianti: Icons of marginalization in post World War II
• Titolo autorizzato: Exiles, outcasts, strangers
• ISBN: 1-4411-2032-7; 1-4411-5611-9; 1-4725-4242-8; 1-4411-7005-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153176603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II