Goodrich Giono

Master of Fictional Modes
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6918-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Since his death in October 1970, Jean Giono's reputation as a major French novelist has steadily increased. In order to treat most powerfully the essential nature of modern man confronted with the worst problems of the twentieth century, he adapted into prose the tried and true literary modes: the epic, the pastoral, Greek tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, and autobiography. In Giono's work the old modes and familiar forms continue to fulfill the age-old functions of great literature: we see the Christian epic suddenly made relevant to everyday life or the pagan epic re-explain modern male savagery. In Giono's hands the novel explains man to himself, shows man more clearly the world about him, and offers to men everywhere renewed courage and hope.

Originally published in 1973.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodrich, Norma Lorre

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Table of Contents, pg. v
Introduction, pg. 3
I. The Apocalyptic Mode, pg. 25
II. The Surrealist Mode, pg. 55
III. The Symbolic Mode, pg. 95
IV. The Epic Mode, pg. 139
V. The Tragic Mode, pg. 183
VI. The Autobiographical Mode, pg. 231
Bibliography, pg. 273
Index, pg. 293