Paradigms of Memory
The Occupation and Other Hi/stories in the Novels of Patrick Modiano
©1998
Monographs
VIII,
196 Pages
Series:
Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures, Volume 64
Summary
The first collective study in English of the novels of Patrick Modiano (b. 1945), these essays approach the question of memory - and its interaction with history - in Modiano's works from several different theoretical and critical angles, all leading to an examination of the relationship between recollection and representation. The historical background of the Nazi occupation of France offers grounds for reflection on the ambiguous relationship between individual and collective memory. Through investigation, memory, repetition, and a coming to writing, Modiano's narrators represent each one of us as we come to terms with our individual and historical past.
Details
- Pages
- VIII, 196
- Publication Year
- 1998
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820438641
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- recollection representation investigation
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1998. VIII, 196 pp.
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