Title: The new novel in France : theory and practice of the nouveau roman /
Authors: Babcock, Arthur E.
Publisher: Twayne Publishers ; Prentice Hall International,
Year: 1997
Subjects: French fiction History and criticism.; Experimental fiction, French History and criticism.
Abstract: The debut of the nouveau roman in France in the 1950s was a literary event surrounded by energetic and sometimes virulent debate. The French literary establishment did not greet these new novelists as the heirs to the great writers of France. In this study, Arthur E. Babcock moves the debate from polemic to sound historical analysis. The New Novel in France seeks to determine what place the new novel holds in the literary history of the twentieth century. Babcock tells the story of the movement as a whole while examining the individual work of its most prominent writers. He also provides an overview of the theoretical context that is so intricately linked with the development and understanding of the new novel.
Contents: Theory -- Alain Robbe-Grillet -- Nathalie Sarraute -- Michel Butor -- Claude Simon -- Marguerite Duras -- The place of the novel.