Synopses & Reviews
This collection is the first of its kind: it brings to North America essays that are organized around the theme of the fantastic in Alain Robbe-Grillet's writings. The essays are by leading critics in the field of Robbe-Grillet studies. The contributors' essays emphasize the style and content of Robbe-Grillet's work, tying them to the theme of the fantastic as a vehicle for subversion. This book is for students, scholars, and critics with an interest in French literature, modern French and European literature, those interested in the fantastic and modern literature, and all readers and students of Alain Robbe-Grillet.
Synopsis
A collection of articles on the fantastic as style and context in the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, by leading critics in the field of Robbe-Grillet studies.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-150) and index.
About the Author
VIRGINIA HARGER-GRINLING is Professor and Head of the Department of French and Spanish at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's.TONY CHADWICK is Associate Professor and Director of the Humanities Program at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, and has published a variety of articles and papers on Robbe-Grillet, Sartre, and Malraux. He is co-author, with Virginia Harger-Grinling, of Alain Robbe-Grillet: Une bibliographie (1987).
Table of Contents
Preface and Introduction by V. Harger-Grinling and A.R. Chadwick
The Fantastic Robbe-Grillet by A.R. Chadwick and V. Harger-Grinling
Fantasy, Metafiction, and Desire by Ben Stoltzfus
Traces of the Trickster by Ralph Yarrow
Staging the Elusive Self by Thomas Spear
Fantastique Angelique by Sjef Houppermans
Fluctuations of Fantasy: The Combination and Subversion of Literary Genres by Barbara Havercroft
Fragmenting Representation by Francois Jost
Works Cited
Index