The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

This volume provides a unique and valuable insight into the novel in French over the past two centuries. Essays by acknowledged experts range widely over issues and texts, referring to earlier periods and other genres and literatures where relevant. Theoretical discussion is combined with close reading, and there is a challenging reassessment of major figures and traditional views. All quotations are translated and there is a chronology and guide to further reading, making this an essential working manual for all those interested in modern French fiction. A Text Book Aimed At Those Interested In Modern French Fiction. This Looks Over The Last Two Centuries With Theoretical Discussions, Translated Quotations And A Chronology. On The Novel And The Writing Of Literary History / Timothy Unwin -- Novels Of Testimony And The Invention Of The Modern French Novel / Jann Matlock -- Reality And Its Representation In The Nineteenth-century Novel / Alison Finch -- Women And Fiction In The Nineteenth Century / Margaret Cohen -- Popular Fiction In The Nineteenth Century / David Coward -- Decadence And The Fin-de-siècle Novel / Laurence M. Porter -- The Proustian Revolution / Christie Mcdonald -- Formal Experiment And Innovation / David H. Walker -- Existentialism, Engagement, Ideology / Steven Ungar -- War And The Holocaust / Denis Boak -- From Serious To Popular Fiction / Stephen F. Noreiko -- The Colonial And Postcoonial Francophone Novel / Françoise Lionnet -- The French-canadian Novel / Denis Boak -- Gender And Sexual Identity In The Modern French Novel / Jane Winston -- Postmodern French Fiction : Practice And Theory / Johnnie Gratton. Edited By Timothy Unwin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-263) And Index. This volume offers a unique and valuable insight into the novel in French over the past two centuries. In a series of essays, acknowledged experts discuss a variety of topics including nineteenth-century realism, women and fiction, popular fiction, experiment and innovation, war and the Holocaust, the Francophone novel, and postmodern fiction. They offer a challenging reassessment of major figures, while deliberately reading traditional views of literary history against the grain. Theoretical discussion is combined with close reading of texts and exploration of context, comparison with other genres and other literatures, and reference to novels from earlier periods. This companionable introduction includes a chronology and guide to further reading. From it emerges a strong sense of the vitality and energy of the modern French novel, and of the debates surrounding it This volume provides a unique and valuable insight into the novel in French over the past two centuries. Essays by acknowledged experts range widely over issues and texts, referring to earlier periods and other genres and literatures where relevant. Theoretical discussion is combined with close reading, and there is a challenging reassessment of major figures and traditional views. All quotations are translated and there is a chronology and guide to further reading, making this an essential reference work for all those interested in modern French fiction The literary history of France and the Francophone world has, it has been said, a long tradition of censorship.

a Unique And Valuable Insight Into The Novel In French Over The Past Two Centuries.