Small Worlds : Minimalism in Contemporary French Literature
by
Warren Motte
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ISBN-10
0803232020
ISBN-13
9780803232020
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
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University of Nebraska Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 1st, 1999
Print length
213 Pages
Weight
497 grams
Product Classification:
FranceLiterary theoryLiterary studies: c 1900 to c 2000Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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Examines the minimalist trend in French writing since the early 1980s. Considering the practice of minimalism in other media, such as the plastic arts and music, this book proposes a theoretical model of minimalist literature. It also focuses on the work of a variety of contemporary French writers and a diversity of literary genres.
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.
Motte provides close readings of novels by distinguished contemporary French writers, including Edmond Jabès, Annie Ernaux, Hervé Guibert, Marie Redonnet, Jean Echenoz, Olivier Targowla, and Emmanuèle Bernheim, demonstrating that however diverse their work may otherwise be, they have all exploited the principle of formal economy in their writing.
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