French New Novel: An Introduction and a Sampler by Laurent Lesage Details
The most important development in recent French novels is the new Roman novel, The New Novel, which was first observed in the mid-1950s and later became influential throughout the world.…
The most important development in recent French novels is the new Roman novel, The New Novel, which was first observed in the mid-1950s and later became influential throughout the world. Characterized by the disregard of chronology, the emergence of objects and space, the replacement of the pattern of conspiracy, the non-traditional treatment of dialogue, and a new approach to nature, has provoked, and sometimes antagonistic, critics and public readers in rejecting the traditional Platzian novel. In this introduction to the American public, Laurent Le Saag discusses the aims and aspirations of the "new" novelists in France and highlights their attachment to Anglo-American literary theory and German philosophy.
Professor George May of Yale University, "a complex literary phenomenon in a coherent and very understandable form." Translated samples of the new writing were included, some of which first appeared in English. Biographical and bibliographic material for the works and criticism of each author were compiled..
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