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James Joyce
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ISBN: 1861892772 Year: 2006 Volume: *2


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Que m'arrive-t-il ? : littérature et événement : actes du colloque Jeunes chercheurs "Littérature et événement", organisé par le CELAM-Rennes 2, les 4, 5 et 6 mars 2004
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ISBN: 275350184X 9782753501843 2753546339 Year: 2006 Volume: *21 Publisher: Rennes Presses universitaires de Rennes

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En posant la question des rapports entre événement et littérature, on engage un dialogue à plusieurs voix entre les différentes époques de la production littéraire et entre les divers territoires de la critique. Il s'agit également d'échanger avec les disciplines des sciences humaines dont le voisinage est aujourd'hui nécessaire, polémique et complémentaire – avec ces disciplines qui envisagent le rapport de l'homme à l'histoire, au temps humain et aux représentations qui y donnent accès.


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Les songes de Clio : fiction et histoire sous l'Ancien Régime
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ISBN: 2763783384 9782763783383 Year: 2006 Volume: *2 Publisher: Saint-Nicolas Les Presses de l'Université Laval

Narrative desire and historical reparations : A.S. Byatt, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie
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ISBN: 0415975417 9780415975414 9780203959305 9781135492083 9781135492151 9781135492229 9780415803380 Year: 2006 Volume: *10

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This book examines and explains the obsession with history in the contemporary British novel. It frames these "historical" novels as expressions of narrative desire, highlighting the reciprocal relationship between a desire to disclose and to rid ourselves of anxieties elicited by the past. Scrutinizing representative novels from Byatt, McEwan and Rushdie, contemporary fiction is revealed as capable of advocating a viable ethical stance and as a form of authentic commentary. Our anxieties often exist in response to what might be perceived as the oppression or eradication of values, whether this is through the modern repudiation of Victorian principles (Byatt), the Western rethinking of Enlightenment narratives in light of the Holocaust (McEwan), or pluralism threatened by religious fundamentalism (Rushdie). Each of these novelists differentially employs postmodern artifice, sometimes as a way to reject the notion of historical construction, sometimes to advocate for it, but always to bring us closer to what the author believes are significant values and truths, rather than relativism. The representative qualities of these novels serve to highlight themes, concerns, and anxieties present in many of the works of each author and by extension those of their contemporaries.

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Begeerte in de literatuur --- Compensaties voor historische onrechtvaardigheden --- Crimes contre l'histoire [Réparations des ] --- Desire in literature --- Désir dans la littérature --- Geschiedenis in de literatuur --- Histoire dans la littérature --- History in literature --- Redress for historical injustices --- Reparation for historical injustices --- Reparations for historical injustices --- Reparations for past injustices --- Restitution for historical injustices --- Réparation des crimes contre l'histoire --- Réparations des crimes de l'histoire --- Réparations des injustices de l'histoire --- Réparations des injustices du passé --- Réparations des préjudices de l'histoire --- Réparations pour des injustices historiques --- Schadeloosstellingen voor historische onrechtvaardigheden --- Desire in literature. --- English fiction --- History in literature. --- Literature and history --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Reparations for historical injustices. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Byatt, A. S. --- McEwan, Ian. --- Rushdie, Salman. --- Knowledge --- History. --- 82:93 --- 820 "19" --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 820 "19" Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Byatt, A. S., --- Reparations --- Indemnity --- Social justice --- History and criticism --- Byatt, Antonia Susan --- Rushdie, Salman --- McEwan, Ian --- 20th century --- Great Britain --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- LITTERATURE ET HISTOIRE --- BYATT, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936 --- -NARRATION --- RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -McEWAN (IAN), 1948 --- -DESIR DANS LA LITTERATURE --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- SAVOIR ET ERUDITION

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