Women's Writing in Twenty-First-Century France

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Women's Writing in Twenty-First Century France is the first book-length publication on women-authored literature of this period, and comprises a collection of challenging critical essays that engage with the themes, trends and issues, and with the writers and their texts, of the first decade of the twenty-first century.

PART ONE: Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France: Trends and Issues
1. Women’s writing in twenty-first-century France: introduction, Amaleena Damlé and Gill Rye
2. What ‘passes’?: French women writers and translation into English, Lynn Penrod
3. What women read: contemporary women’s writing and the bestseller, Diana Holmes
PART TWO: Society, Culture, Family
4. Vichy, Jews, enfants cachés: French women writers look back, Lucille Cairns
5. Wives and daughters in literary works representing the harkis, Susan Ireland
6. (Not) seeing things: Marie NDiaye, (negative) hallucination and ‘blank’ métissage, Andrew Asibong
7. Rediscovering the absent father, a question of recognition: Despentes, Tardieu, Lori Saint-Martin
8. Babykillers: Véronique Olmi and Laurence Tardieu on motherhood, Natalie Edwards
PART THREE: Body, Life, Text
9. The becoming of anorexia and text in Amélie Nothomb’s Robert des noms propres and Delphine de Vigan’s Jours sans faim, Amaleena Damlé
10. The human-animal in Ananda Devi’s texts: towards an ethics of hybridity?, Ashwiny O. Kistnareddy
11. Embodiment, environment and the re-invention of self in Nina Bouraoui’s life-writing, Helen Vassallo
12. Irreverent revelations: women’s confessional practices of the extreme contemporary, Barbara Havercroft
13. Contamination anxiety in Annie Ernaux’s twenty-first-century texts, Simon Kemp
PART FOUR: Experiments, Interfaces, Aesthetics
14. Experience and experiment in the work of Marie Darrieussecq, Helena Chadderton
15. Interfaces: verbal/visual experiment in new women’s writing in French, Shirley Jordan
16. ‘Autofiction + x = ?’: Chloé Delaume’s experimental self-representations, Deborah B. Gaensbauer
17. Beyond Antoinette Fouque (Il y a deux sexes) and beyond Virginie Despentes (King Kong théorie)? Anne Garréta’s sphinxes, Owen Heathcote
18. Amélie the aesthete: art and politics in the world of Amélie Nothomb, Anna Kemp
19. Conclusion, Amaleena Damlé and Gill Rye
PART ONE: Women's Writing in Twenty-First-Century France: Trends and Issues 1. Women's writing in twenty-first-century France: introduction Amaleena Damle and Gill Rye 2. What 'passes'?: French women writers and translation into English Lynn Penrod 3. What women read: contemporary women's writing and the bestseller Diana Holmes PART TWO: Society, Culture, Family 4. Vichy, Jews, enfants caches: French women writers look back Lucille Cairns 5. Wives and daughters in literary works representing the harkis Susan Ireland 6. (Not) seeing things: Marie NDiaye, (negative) hallucination and 'blank' metissage Andrew Asibong 7. Rediscovering the absent father, a question of recognition: Despentes, Tardieu Lori Saint-Martin 8. Babykillers: Veronique Olmi and Laurence Tardieu on motherhood Natalie Edwards PART THREE: Body, Life, Text 9. The becoming of anorexia and text in Amelie Nothomb's Robert des noms propres and Delphine de Vigan's Jours sans faim Amaleena Damle 10. The human-animal in Ananda Devi's texts: towards an ethics of hybridity? Ashwiny O. Kistnareddy 11. Embodiment, environment and the re-invention of self in Nina Bouraoui's life-writing Helen Vassallo 12. Irreverent revelations: women's confessional practices of the extreme contemporary Barbara Havercroft 13. Contamination anxiety in Annie Ernaux's twenty-first-century texts Simon Kemp PART FOUR: Experiments, Interfaces, Aesthetics 14. Experience and experiment in the work of Marie Darrieussecq Helena Chadderton 15. Interfaces: verbal/visual experiment in new women's writing in French Shirley Jordan 16. 'Autofiction + x = ?': Chloe Delaume's experimental self-representations Deborah B. Gaensbauer 17. Beyond Antoinette Fouque (Il y a deux sexes) and beyond Virginie Despentes (King Kong theorie)? Anne Garreta's sphinxes Owen Heathcote 18. Amelie the aesthete: art and politics in the world of Amelie Nothomb Anna Kemp 19. Conclusion Amaleena Damle and Gill Rye

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• European
• French

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780708325896
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

French and Francophone Studies

Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France Life as Literature

Edited by Amaleena Damlé and Gill Rye

University of Wales Press

FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES

Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France

Series Editors

Hanna Diamond (University of Bath) Claire Gorrara (Cardiff University)

Editorial Board

Ronan le Coadic (Université Rennes 2) Nicola Cooper (Swansea University) Colin Davis (Royal Holloway, University of London) Didier Francfort (Université Nancy 2) Sharif Gemie (University of Glamorgan) H. R. Kedward (Sussex University) Margaret Majumdar (Goldsmiths College, University of London) Nicholas Parsons (Cardiff University)

FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES

Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France

Life as Literature

EDITED BY AMALEENA DAMLÉ AND GILL RYE

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2013

© The Contributors, 2013

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Acknowledgements

List of illustrations

Notes on contributors

Contents

Part One: Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France: Trends and Issues

Chapter 1:

Chapter 2:

Chapter 3:

Chapter 4:

Chapter 5:

Chapter 6:

Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France: Introduction Amaleena Damlé and Gill Rye

What ‘Passes’?: French Women Writers and Translation into English Lynn Penrod

What Women Read: Contemporary Women’s Writing and the Best-seller Diana Holmes

Part Two: Society, Culture, Family

Vichy, Jews,Enfants Cachés: French Women Writers Look Back Lucille Cairns

Wives and Daughters in Literary Works Representing theHarkis Susan Ireland (Not) Seeing Things: Marie NDiaye, (Negative) Hallucination and ‘Blank’Métissage Andrew Asibong

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Rediscovering the Absent Father, a Question of Recognition: Despentes, Tardieu Lori Saint-Martin Babykillers: Véronique Olmi and Laurence Tardieu on Motherhood Natalie Edwards

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Part Three: Body, Life, Text

The Becoming of Anorexia and Text in Amélie Nothomb’sRobert des noms propresand Delphine de Vigan’sJours sans faim Amaleena Damlé

The Human-Animal in Ananda Devi’s Texts: Towards an Ethics of Hybridity? Ashwiny O. Kistnareddy

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‘Autoîction + x = ?’: Chloé Delaume’s Experimental Self-Representations Deborah B. Gaensbauer

Chapter 16:

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Part Four: Experiments, Interfaces, Aesthetics Chapter 14: Experience and Experiment in the Work of Marie Darrieussecq Helena Chadderton Chapter 15: Interfaces: Verbal/Visual Experiment in New Women’s Writing in French Shirley Jordan

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Women’s Writing in Twenty-First-Century France

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Chapter 12:

Chapter 11:

Chapter 13:

Embodiment, Environment and the Reinvention of Self in Nina Bouraoui’s Life-Writing 141 Helen Vassallo Irreverent Revelations: Women’s Confessional Practices of the Extreme Contemporary 154 Barbara Havercroft Contamination Anxiety in Annie Ernaux’s Twenty-First-Century Texts 168 Simon Kemp

Chapter 10:

Chapter 8:

Chapter 7:

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Chapter 9: