Crébillon fils
<br/>I. Introduction: 'Why Crébillon?' <br/> II. <em>Les Lettres de la marquise de M. au comte de R.</em> (1732) <br/> Single narrator: a one-sided correspondence <br/> Two 'free' characters <br/> The outside world <br/> Fragmentati...
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Voltaire Foundation
2017
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| Summary: | <br/>I. Introduction: 'Why Crébillon?' <br/> II. <em>Les Lettres de la marquise de M. au comte de R.</em> (1732) <br/> Single narrator: a one-sided correspondence <br/> Two 'free' characters <br/> The outside world <br/> Fragmentation <br/> III. <em>Les Egarements du cœur et de l'esprit</em>(1736, 1738) <br/> Double narrator: <em>Erlebendes Ich</em> and <em>Erzählendes Ich</em> <br/> The three faces of Meilcour <br/> A rogue's progress <br/> Symbolic decor: concentration in time and background <br/> IV. <em>Le Sopha, conte moral</em>(1742) <br/> The epic situation and the first-person narrator <br/> Direct and indirect characterization <br/> Ten vignettes become a single novel <br/> Pace <br/> V. Conclusion <br/> VI. Bibliography |
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