Section
The Modern Novel
The form itself — the nouveau roman's long shadow, the autofiction turn, and where the French novel is going.
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Robbe-Grillet · Sarraute
After the Nouveau Roman
The long shadow of Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute and the nouveau roman — what its experiment left behind, and how the French novel found its way back to character and story.
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Doubrovsky · Ernaux
The Autofiction Turn
Where the French novel went after the plot — the rise of autofiction from Doubrovsky onward, its debts and its limits, and what a novel is still for when the self is the subject.