Small worlds
Subtitle: minimalism in contemporary French literature
By: Warren Motte.
Series: Stages ;; v. 13; Stages (Series) ;; v. 13.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Minimalism (Literature) -- France
Description: "Small Worlds examines the minimalist trend in French writing, from the early 1980s to the present. Warren Motte first considers the practice of minimalism in other media, such as the plastic arts and music, and then proposes a theoretical model of minimalist literature. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the work of a variety of contemporary French writers and a diversity of literary genres.".

"In his discussion of minimalism, Motte considers smallness and simplicity, a reduction of means (and the resulting amplification of effect), immediacy, directness, clarity, repetition, symmetry, and playfulness. He argues that economy of expression offers writers a way of renovating traditional literary forms and allows them to represent human experience more directly."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-207) and index.