Tournier Elementaire - Couverture rigide

Krell, Jonathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1557530564 ISBN 13 : 9781557530561

Editeur : Purdue University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Michel Tournier, member of the Acadimie Goncourt and one of the most influential French writers of the post-Nouveau roman period, stresses the crucial interrelationship that exists between myth and literature. It is the writer's duty, he states, to keep myths alive by continually renewing and transforming them, re-releasing them in an ever changing social context. Written in French, this study considers the Tournier novel as the story of a voyage in a literal and figurative sense. Jonathan Krell uses the term "elementary" to characterize this voyage through the universe of Tournier's imagination, which is dominated by the four primordial elements: earth, water, air, and fire. Building on a foundation of Western culture's rudimentary myths, such as the ogre, twinship, and the Biblical stories of creation and the magi, Tournier performs a radical and disturbing transformation. Professor Krell shows how the transformation is made.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John F. Krell's published work includes articles on French linguistics and nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Purdue University Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: français
• ISBN 10: 1557530564
• ISBN 13: 9781557530561
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible