Nouveau Roman

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French literary movement literary movement

Nouveau Roman is a mid-20th-century French literary movement that radically experimented with narrative form, character, and plot to challenge traditional novelistic conventions.

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Label	Occurrences
Nouveau Roman canonical	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French literary movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
describedIn	Essais sur le roman NERFINISHED ⓘ Pour un nouveau roman NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1970s ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
genre	novel ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	ambiguity of perspective ⓘ anti-psychological approach ⓘ challenge to traditional novelistic conventions ⓘ detailed description ⓘ focus on objects and surfaces ⓘ formal experimentation ⓘ fragmented narrative ⓘ impersonal narrative voice ⓘ minimal psychological characterization ⓘ non-linear time ⓘ questioning of realism ⓘ rejection of traditional plot ⓘ self-reflexive narration ⓘ
hasConcept	anti-hero ⓘ decentered subject ⓘ objectivity of description ⓘ open-ended narrative ⓘ reader participation in meaning ⓘ
hasPart	École du regard NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1950s ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
influenced	experimental fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ
influencedBy	existentialism ⓘ modernism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ structuralism ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
mainSubject	experimental fiction ⓘ
movement	postwar French literature ⓘ
notableAuthor	Alain Robbe-Grillet NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Ollier NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Ricardou NERFINISHED ⓘ Marguerite Duras NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Butor NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathalie Sarraute NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Pinget NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Histoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Jealousy NERFINISHED ⓘ La Jalousie NERFINISHED ⓘ La Mise en scène NERFINISHED ⓘ La Modification NERFINISHED ⓘ La Route des Flandres NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Voyeur NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Gommes NERFINISHED ⓘ Moderato cantabile NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	20th century literature ⓘ
publisher	Éditions de Minuit NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Description of subject: Nouveau Roman is a mid-20th-century French literary movement that radically experimented with narrative form, character, and plot to challenge traditional novelistic conventions.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Éditions de Minuit → movement → Nouveau Roman ⓘ