Title Telling anxiety : anxious narration in the work of Marguerite Duras, Annie Ernaux, Nathalie Sarraute, and Anne Hébert / Jennifer Willging

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 261 pages) Series University of Toronto romance series University of Toronto romance series. Contents 'Truth' in memory and narrative: Marguerite Dura's 'Monsieur X. dit ici Pierre Rabier' -- Shame in memory and narrative: Annie Ernaux's La honte -- The anxiety of influence and the urge to originate: Nathalie Sarraute's Entre la vie et la mort -- The sound of the semiotic: Anne Hébert's Les fous de Bassan Summary "From two world wars to rapid industrialization and population shifts, events of the twentieth century engendered cultural anxieties to an extent hitherto unseen, particularly in Europe. In Telling Anxiety, Jennifer Willging examines manifestations of such anxieties in the selected narratives of four women writing in French - Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Sarraute, Annie Ernaux, and Anne Hebert. Willging demonstrates that the anxieties inherent in these women's works (whether attributed to characters, narrators, or implied authors) are multiple in nature and relate to a general post-Second World War scepticism about the power of language to express non-linguistic phenomena such as the destruction and loss of life that a large portion of Europe endured during that period."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index Notes Includes some text in French Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Duras, Marguerite -- Criticism and interpretation Ernaux, Annie, 1940- -- Criticism and interpretation Sarraute, Nathalie -- Criticism and interpretation Hébert, Anne -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Duras, Marguerite fast Ernaux, Annie, 1940- fast Hébert, Anne fast Sarraute, Nathalie fast Hébert, Anne -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Angst. idszbz Sarraute, Nathalie -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Angst. idszbz Ernaux, Annie -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Angst. idszbz Duras, Marguerite -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Angst. idszbz Subject Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century Anxiety in literature. French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism French prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French. Anxiety in literature French fiction French prose literature Narration (Rhetoric) Frauenroman -- französischer -- Motiv -- Angst. Angst -- Motiv -- Frauenroman -- französischer. Frauenroman -- französischer -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Angst -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Duras, Marguerite. Angst -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Ernaux, Annie. Angst -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Sarraute, Nathalie. Angst -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Hébert, Anne. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442684850 1442684852

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