Paradigms of Memory: The Occupation and Other Hi/Stories in Patrick Modiano's Fiction
Type of Work
Book
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Publication Date
1998
Editor
Martine Guyot-Bender, William VanderWolk
Publisher
Peter Lang
City
New York, NY, USA
Series
Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures
ISBN
9780820438641
Abstract
The first collective study in English of the novels of Patrick Modiano (b. 1945), these essays approach the question of memory - and its interaction with history - in Modiano's works from several different theoretical and critical angles, all leading to an examination of the relationship between recollection and representation. The historical background of the Nazi occupation of France offers grounds for reflection on the ambiguous relationship between individual and collective memory. Through investigation, memory, repetition, and a coming to writing, Modiano's narrators represent each one of us as we come to terms with our individual and historical past.
Hamilton Areas of Study
French and Francophone Studies
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