Small Worlds examines the minimalist trend in French writing, from
the early 1980s to the present. Warren Motte first considers the
practice of minimalist in other media, such as the plastic arts and
music, and then proposes a theoretical model of minimalist
literature. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the work of a
variety of contemporary French writers and a diversity of literary
genres.
In his discussion of minimalism, Motte considers smallness and
simplicity, a reduction of means (and the resulting amplification
of effect), immediacy, directness, clarity, repetition, symmetry,
and playfulness. He argues that economy of expression offers
writers a way of renovating traditional literary forms and allows
them to represent human experience more directly.
Motte provides close readings of novels by distinguished
contemporary French writers, including Edmond Jabes, Annie Ernaux,
Herve Guibert, Marie Redonnet, Jean Echenoz, Olivier Targowla, and
Emmanuele Bernheim, demonstrating that however diverse their work
may otherwise be, they have all exploited the principle of formal
economy in their writing.
Warren Motte is a professor of French at the University of
Colorado, Boulder. Playtexts: Ludics in Contemporary Literature
(Nebraska 1995) is his most recent book.
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