Women and Discourse in the Fiction of Marguerite Duras: Love, Legends, Language
Susan D. Cohen
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hardcover. A study of the narrative and stylistic characteristics of all the major works by Marguerite Duras. Through close textual readings with a particular focus on women's access to language, this book shows how Duras critiques and subverts dominant discourse. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; CFG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
The first comprehensive study of the narrative and stylistic characteristics of all of Marguerite Duras' major works. Through close textual readings with a particular focus on women's access to language, this book shows how Duras critiques and subverts dominant discourse. Duras' textual strategies are described within a discussion of narrativity which also addresses factors of race and class. Cohen demonstrates how Duras achieves the famous ritual atmosphere of her prose through precise techniques which connect to her critique of representation.
The first comprehensive study of the narrative and stylistic characteristics of all of Marguerite Duras' major works. Through close textual readings with a particular focus on women's access to language, this book shows how Duras critiques and subverts dominant discourse. Duras' textual strategies are described within a discussion of narrativity which also addresses factors of race and class. Cohen demonstrates how Duras achieves the famous ritual atmosphere of her prose through precise techniques which connect to her critique of representation.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333575451
SKU
V9780333575451
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