Nouveau roman

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Nouveau roman is a mid-20th-century French literary movement characterized by experimental narrative techniques, rejection of traditional plot and character, and a focus on subjective perception and formal innovation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French literary movement
literary movement
countryOfOrigin France
endTime 1960s
field French literature
genre experimental literature
hasCharacteristic ambiguity of meaning
anti-plot orientation
depersonalized characters
detailed, neutral description
emphasis on language itself
emphasis on objects and spaces
experimental narrative techniques
experimentation with point of view
experimentation with time
focus on narrative process
focus on subjective perception
formal innovation
fragmented narrative
impersonal narration
minimalist description
non-linear storytelling
open-ended narratives
questioning of authorial omniscience
reduction of psychological analysis
rejection of conventional character development
rejection of traditional plot
self-reflexive writing
weak or absent plot
hasKeyConcept anti-roman (anti-novel)
deconstruction of narrative conventions
écriture
inception mid-20th century
influenced late-20th-century narrative theory
postmodern literature
influencedBy existentialism
modernism NERFINISHED
phenomenology
structuralism
language French
mainRegion France NERFINISHED
movementIn literature
notableProponent 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
opposedTo 19th-century realist novel
traditional psychological novel
period post-World War II literature
publisherAssociated Éditions de Minuit NERFINISHED
startTime 1950s
theoreticalFigure Jean Ricardou NERFINISHED
theoreticalFigure Roland Barthes NERFINISHED

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French literature hasMovement Nouveau roman
Marguerite Duras movement Nouveau roman