Michel Tournier, member of the Acadimie Goncourt and one of the
most influential French writers of the post-Nouveau roman period,
stresses the crucial interrelationship that exists between myth and
literature. It is the writer's duty, he states, to keep myths alive
by continually renewing and transforming them, re-releasing them in
an ever changing social context. Written in French, this study
considers the Tournier novel as the story of a voyage in a literal
and figurative sense. Jonathan Krell uses the term "elementary" to
characterize this voyage through the universe of Tournier's
imagination, which is dominated by the four primordial
element&--earth, water, air, and fire. Building on a foundation
of Western culture's rudimentary myths, such as the ogre, twinship,
and the Biblical stories of creation and the magi, Tournier
performs a radical and disturbing transformation. Professor Krell
shows how the transformation is made.
General
| Imprint: |
Purdue University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures |
| Release date: |
November 1994 |
| First published: |
November 1994 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan Krell
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 159 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-55753-056-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-55753-056-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781557530561 |
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