Michel Tournier : philosophy and fiction
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Michel Tournier : philosophy and fiction
(Oxford modern languages and literature monographs)
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1988
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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Note
Bibliography: p. [207]-217
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study in English of the contemporary French novelist Michel Tournier (b.1924) aims to show that his fiction cannot be understood simply as a literary transposition of philosophical ideas and that, despite his opposition to the New Novel, he shares its assumptions about the subversive role of literature. The work draws on all Tournier's fictional, critical and autobiographical works, particularly his novels, "Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique", "Le Roi des Aulnes" and "Les Meteores". The theme of art, Tournier's theory of reading and his attitude towards language are discussed, while a concluding section shows how Tournier's treatment of the conflict between nomad and sedentary is related to his preoccupation with the search for the reconciliation of oppo sites.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - Tournier and philosophy. The philosophical novel - "Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique"
- interpretation and violence - "Le Roi des Aulnes"
- identity and imitation - "Les Meteores"
- meaning and intention
- art and truth
- silence, language and "Bavardage". Concluding remarks - between synthesis and scarcity. Bibliography. Index.
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