For a New Novel by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Essays on Fiction
"For a New Novel" is a collection of essays by a prominent French writer and filmmaker, where he challenges the traditional norms of narrative and character development in novels. The author argues for a new form of novel, one that focuses more on the objectivity of description and the presentation of things as they are, rather than on the psychological analysis of characters. He criticizes the conventional novel for its reliance on plot, causality, and character development, and instead proposes a novel that is more concerned with the surface of things, their materiality and their presence in space and time.
The 6731st greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1963
- Nationality
- French
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- Unknown
- Words
- Unknown
- Original Language
- French
- Alternate Titles
- None
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- Donald Barthelme’s Reading List (Believer Mag)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- 100 Best Non-Fiction Books (in Translation) of the 20th Century … and Beyond (Counterpunch)