Degenerative Realism: novel and nation in twenty-first-century France

Examining key novels by Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder, Aurélien Bellanger, Yann Moix, and other French writers, Christy Wampole identifies and critiques an emergent tendency toward "degenerative realism."

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Main Author: Wampole, Christy 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press 2020
Series:Literature now
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Online Access:FUBA1
Summary:Examining key novels by Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder, Aurélien Bellanger, Yann Moix, and other French writers, Christy Wampole identifies and critiques an emergent tendency toward "degenerative realism."
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. What Is Degenerative Realism? -- 1. Demography and Survival in Twenty-First-Century France -- 2. Endarkenment from the Minitel to the Internet -- 3. Real-Time Realism, Part 1: Journalistic Immediacy -- 4. Real-Time Realism, Part 2: Le roman post-pamphlétaire -- Conclusion. Novel as Nation: Forms of Parallel Decay -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 278 Seiten)
ISBN:9780231546034

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