A self-conscious art : Patrick Modiano's postmodern fictions / Akane Kawakami.

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Kawakami, Akane

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TextSeries: Modern French writers ; 5.Publication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (166 pages)Content type:

text

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9781846314025
184631402X
9781781388372
1781388377

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Self-conscious art.DDC classification:

843/.914 22

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PQ2673.O3 Z75 2000eb

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18.25

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Contents:

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.

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Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index.

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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.

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