On Both Sides of the Tracks Social Mobility in Contemporary French Literature
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 45.90
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
09.01.2024
Verlag
University PressesSeitenzahl
320
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/2.1 cm
Gewicht
399 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-226-83036-0
"Social climbers have often been the core characters of novels. Their position between traditional tiers in society makes them a touchstone for any political and literary moment, including our own. Morgane Cadieu's study looks at a certain kind of contemporary social climber in French literature whom she calls the parvenant. Taken from the French term parvenu, which refers to one who is newly arrived, a parvenant is a character who shuttles between social groups. A parvenant may reach the level of another social class, but devises literary ways to come back, constantly undoing any fixed ideas of social affiliation. Focusing on recent French novels and autobiographies, On Both Sides of the Tracks speaks powerfully to issues of emancipation and class. Cadieu offers a fresh, critical look at tales of upward mobility in the work of Annie Ernaux, Kaoutar Harchi, Michel Houellebecq, âEdouard Louis, and Marie NDiaye, shedding fascinating light on social mobility today as a formal, literary problem"--
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