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Contemporary Fiction in French

Russell Williams editor Anna-Louise Milne editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Mar '21

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Demonstrates how contemporary fiction in French has become a polycentric and transnational field of vibrant and varied experimentation.

Illustrating the fluidity and constant evolution of our global literary field, this collection analyses contemporary French fiction in context, claiming the collapse of distinction between 'French' and 'Francophone' literature has opened up French writing to a world of new influences.Our global literary field is fluid and exists in a state of constant evolution. Contemporary fiction in French has become a polycentric and transnational field of vibrant and varied experimentation; the collapse of the distinction between 'French' and 'Francophone' literature has opened up French writing to a world of new influences and interactions. In this collection, renowned scholars provide thoughtful close readings of a whole range of genres, from graphic novels to crime fiction to the influence of television and film, to analyse modern French fiction in its historical and sociological context. Allowing students of contemporary French literature and culture to situate specific works within broader trends, the volume provides an engaging, global and timely overview of contemporary fiction writing in French, and demonstrates how our modern literary world is more complex and diverse than ever before.

'… reading the twelve essays in this collection is like taking a trip into the unknown, or to a recently discovered land, with an expert as guide … Each essay, written by an international scholar, gives life to the complex temporal and spatial dynamics of contemporary fiction … Essential.' C. B. Kerr, CHOICE
'Anna-Louise Milne and Russell Williams have brought together in this superb collection some of the most commanding voices writing on contemporary fiction in French today.' Maeve McCusker, Modern Language Review

ISBN: 9781108475792

Dimensions: 236mm x 158mm x 23mm

Weight: 579g

320 pages