A self-conscious art : Patrick Modiano's postmodern fictions / Akane Kawakami.

A Self-Conscious Art is the first full-length study in English to attempt to deal with the formal complexities of Modiano?s work, by reading?against the grain? of his self-professed ingenuousness. A detailed examination of his narratives shows the deeply postmodern nature of his writing. Parodying p...

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Main Author: Kawakami, Akane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.
Series:Modern French writers ; 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Degree Zero Voices: The Empty Narrator; 2: Disorderly Narratives: The Order of Narration; 3: Unreal Stories: The 'effet d'irreel'; 4: Being Serious: Modiano's Use of History; 5: Being Playful: Parody and Disappointment; 6: Being Popular: The Modiano Novel; Notes to Introduction; Bibliography; Index.