Paradigms of memory
Subtitle: the Occupation and other Hi/stories in the novels of Patrick Modiano
By: edited by Martine Guyot-Bender and William VanderWolk.
Contributors: Guyot-Bender, Martine, 1955-; VanderWolk, William, 1949-
Series: Currents in comparative Romance languages and literatures ;; vol. 64
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Modiano, Patrick, 1945-  -- Criticism and interpretation.; Autobiographical memory in literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Literature and the war.; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Description: The first collective study in English of the novels of Patrick Modiano (b. 1945), these essays approach the question of memory - and its interaction with history - in Modiano's works from several different theoretical and critical angles, all leading to an examination of the relationship between recollection and representation. The historical background of the Nazi occupation of France offers grounds for reflection on the ambiguous relationship between individual and collective memory.

Through investigation, memory, repetition, and a coming to writing, Modiano's narrators represent each one of us as we come to terms with our individual and historical past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192).