Exiles, outcasts, strangers icons of marginalization in post World War II narratives Mary Jo Muratore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muratore, Mary Jo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social, in literature.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Exiles in literature.

Strangers in literature.

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.

Victims of crimes in literature.

Minorities in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Other Title:

Icons of marginalization in post World War II

Place of Publication:

New York Continuum 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers explores how nine different "outsider" authors treat the theme of alienation in one of their major works. All the novels under review were written in a limited time span (1942 to 1987, approximately 50 years), and all are structured around a hero or heroine who remains culturally, ethically or aesthetically distant from his/her narrative counterparts. Works discussed: Albert Camus' L'Etranger; Richard Wright's The Outsider; André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville; Ernesto Sábato's El túnel; V.S. Naipaul's Guerrillas; Elie Wiesel's Le Cinquième fils; Norbert Zongo's Le Parachutage; Gisèle Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia, and Jean Genet's Querelle de Brest

Contents:

Contagions of conformity in Camus' L'etranger

The art of betrayal in Sabato's El tunel

Poeticizing vice : Genet's Querelle de brest

In the shadows of significance : the dissolution of character in Wright's The outsider

The exemplum of empathy in Andre Langevin's Poussiere sur la ville

Miscast utopia : reversing the slant of history in Pineau's L'exil selon Julia

Habitat for inhumanity : the legacy of conquest in Naipaul's Guerrillas

The enemy within : the politics of self-destruction in Zongo's Le parachutage

The scattered self : the dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le cinquieme fils

Afterword

Appendix

Introduction

1. Contagions of Conformity in Camus' L'Étranger

2. The Art of Betrayal in Sábato's El túnel

3. Poeticizing Vice: Genet's Querelle de Brest

4. In the Shadows of Significance: The Dissolution of Character in Wright's The Outsider

5. The Exemplum of Empathy in André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville

6. Miscast Utopia: Reversing the Slant of History in Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia

7. Habitat for Inhumanity: The Legacy of Conquest in Naipaul's Guerillas

8. The Enemy Within: The Politics of Self-Destruction in Zongo's Le Parachutage

9. The Scattered Self: The Dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le Cinquième Fils

Appendix

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781441120328

1441120327

9781441156112

1441156119

9781472542427

1472542428

9781441170057

1441170057

OCLC:

880459191