Le clair-obscur "extrême contemporain" : Pierre Bergounioux, Pierre Michon, Patrick Modiano et Pascal Quignard / par Julia Holter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holter, Julia, author.

Series:

Chiasma ; 40.

Chiasma ; volume 40

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Bergounioux, Pierre--Criticism and interpretation.

Bergounioux, Pierre.

Michon, Pierre, 1945---Criticism and interpretation.

Michon, Pierre.

Modiano, Patrick, 1945---Criticism and interpretation.

Modiano, Patrick.

Quignard, Pascal--Criticism and interpretation.

Quignard, Pascal.

Modiano, Patrick, 1945-.

Michon, Pierre, 1945-.

French literature--20th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

French literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Pierre Bergounioux, Pierre Michon, Patrick Modiano et Pascal Quignard

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2017]

Summary:

In Le clair-obscur extrême contemporain : Pierre Bergounioux, Pierre Michon, Patrick Modiano et Pascal Quignard Julia Holter proposes that a chiaroscuro aesthetic and mode of thought underlie and unite the work of four well-known contemporary French writers, studied together for the first time. Chiaroscuro, the bold or delicate contrast between light and shadow, is treated as a visual metaphor that evokes the tension between the senses and reason, in which the latter must take into account the former in order to temper its own totalitarian and conservative tendencies. Julia Holter's Contemporary chiaroscuro links a technique from classical art with a present-day search for a small light as a way of surviving in our violently overlit society. -- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Chapitre I. Une thématique (mystère, secret, énigme du moi)

1. Quelques repères historiques pour un concept critique

2. Le clair-obscur des origines

3. Autoportrait en clair-obscur - Chapitre II. Une esthétique

1. Oxymore et oscillation

2. Le petit et le fragment

3. Figure du cercle

Chapitre III. Une pensée

1. Complexité, sensibilité, poétique

2. La haute tension

Chapitre IV. Quatre études pour un clair-obscur

1. Pascal Quignard: Les solidarités mystérieuses, 2011

2. Pierre Michon : Les Onze, 2009

3. Pierre Bergounioux : Une chambre en Hollande, 2009

4. Patrick Modiano : Dans le café de la jeunesse perdue, 2007

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Holter, Julia. Clair-obscur "extrême contemporain".

ISBN:

9789004322486

9004322485

OCLC:

965808414

Publisher Number:

99972581180