TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - On both sides of the tracks social mobility in contemporary French literature
A1  - Cadieu, Morgane kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Chicago ; London
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
YR  - 2024
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5722341
AB  - "Social climbers have often been the core characters of novels. Their position between traditional tiers in society makes them a touchstone for any political and literary moment, including our own. Morgane Cadieu's study looks at a certain kind of contemporary social climber in French literature whom she calls the parvenant. Taken from the French term parvenu, which refers to one who is newly arrived, a parvenant is a character who shuttles between social groups. A parvenant may reach the level of another social class, but devises literary ways to come back, constantly undoing any fixed ideas of social affiliation. Focusing on recent French novels and autobiographies, On Both Sides of the Tracks speaks powerfully to issues of emancipation and class. Cadieu offers a fresh, critical look at tales of upward mobility in the work of Annie Ernaux, Kaoutar Harchi, Michel Houellebecq, Édouard Louis, and Marie NDiaye, shedding fascinating light on social mobility today as a formal, literary problem"--
SN  - 9780226830360 pehmeäkantinen
SN  - 0226830365
SN  - 9780226827124 cloth
SN  - 0226827127
KW  - 2000-talet
KW  - 2000-2099
KW  - Fransk litteratur
KW  - Social rörlighet i litteraturen
KW  - Social mobility in literature.
KW  - French fiction : 21st century : History and criticism.
KW  - Mobilité sociale dans la littérature.
KW  - Roman français : 21e siècle : Histoire et critique.
KW  - French fiction
KW  - Social mobility in literature
KW  - French literature
ER  -