In this Book
- Tournier Élémentaire
- Book
- 1994
- Published by: Purdue University Press
- Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
summary
Michel Tournier, member of the Acadimie Goncourt and one of the most influential French writers of the post-Nouveau roman period, stresses the crucial interrelationship that exists between myth and literature. It is the writer's duty, he states, to keep myths alive by continually renewing and transforming them, re-releasing them in an ever changing social context. Written in French, this study considers the Tournier novel as the story of a voyage in a literal and figurative sense. Jonathan Krell uses the term "elementary" to characterize this voyage through the universe of Tournier's imagination, which is dominated by the four primordial element&--earth, water, air, and fire. Building on a foundation of Western culture's rudimentary myths, such as the ogre, twinship, and the Biblical stories of creation and the magi, Tournier performs a radical and disturbing transformation. Professor Krell shows how the transformation is made.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9781612490816
Related ISBN(s)
9781557530561
MARC Record
OCLC
622980126
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No