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The Contemporary Fantastic
- Reimagining Reality in French Fiction
Engelsk Hardback
The Contemporary Fantastic
- Reimagining Reality in French Fiction
Engelsk Hardback

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In The Contemporary Fantastic: Reimagining Reality in French Fiction, Amanda Vredenburgh identifies a contemporary shift in the use of fantastic modalities in French fiction, no longer dominated by the desire to escape the disappointments of reality nor the reader’s hesitation about the reality of the novel’s events, but by its innovative confrontation with the real. What could bizarre, uncanny, or supernatural literary representations have to tell us about very urgent, real issues like the environmental crisis, racism, migration, and the formation of egalitarian communities? Through close readings of a selection of novels by Marie Darrieussecq, Marie NDiaye, and Antoine Volodine, Vredenburgh argues that the ability to blur boundaries gives the fantastic both an emancipatory and reparative function in its engagement with contemporary political issues. These authors complicate categories such as human/nonhuman, French/foreign, inclusion/exclusion, and individual/community and shift the focus to the experiential and affective dimensions of these issues, ultimately allowing us to better think and feel with those that are excluded. Vredenburgh concludes that this use of the fantastic has a specific ethical stance, which encourages a community-based approach founded on compassion and inclusion.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9781666940886
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1666940887
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
20 nov 2024
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
20 nov 2024
Forfatter(e):
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