Framing narratives of the Second World War and Occupation in France, 1939–2009: New readings (Durham Modern Languages Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719097495 ISBN 13: 9780719097492

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Second World War and the German Occupation remain a major focal point in French culture and society, with new and sometimes controversial titles published every year - Irène Némirovsky's Suite française and Jonathan Littell's Les Bienveillantes, both rapidly translated into English, offer just two examples of this significant phenomenon.

Gathering within one volume studies of genres, visual cultures, chronology, narrative theory, and a wealth of narratives in fiction and film, Framing narratives of the Second World War and occupation in France 1939-2009 brings together an internationally distinguished group of contributors and offers an authoritative overview of criticism on war and occupation narratives in French, a redefinition of the canon of texts and films to be studied and a vibrant demonstration of the richness of the work in this area.

Now available in paperback, the book includes contributions by William Cloonan, Richard J Golsan, Leah Hewitt, Colin Nettelbeck and Gisèle Sapiro

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Atack is Professor of French at the University of Leeds|Christopher Lloyd is Professor of French at Durham University

Review:

...excellent volume, Manuel Braganca, Queen's University Belfast, Modern & Contemporary France, 21:3, 29 May 2013|...does not disappoint., Chris Reyns-Chikuma, University of Alberta, Contemporary French Civilization, 2013

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0719097495
• ISBN 13: 9780719097492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Atack Margaret, Lloyd Christopher