In this Book
- The Allegorical Impulse in the Works of Julien Gracq: History as Rhetorical Enactment in Le Rivage des Syrtes and Un balcon en forêt
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures
summary
The first extensive English language study of Julien Gracq's work, this book focuses on the role of history in his two major novels and his critical essays. Carol Murphy draws on contemporary theories of allegory, textuality, and history in her analysis of the interplay of fictional and factual history in Gracq's writings. She also shows that history's rhetorical dimension, as presented by Gracq, puts forth the hypothesis that narratives of history influence actual events. In addition, she uses Freudian theory to investigate the links between Walter Benjamin's understanding of history as ruin, Gracq's sense of catastrophic history, and Andre Breton's notion of the "emotional coefficient" of history.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-6
- I. Introduction
- pp. 17-63
- II. Gracq and the Allegorical Impulse
- pp. 64-110
- Works Cited
- pp. 195-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469642574
Related ISBN(s)
9780807892541
MARC Record
OCLC
1080549364
Pages
204
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No