Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers
Author | : Mary Jo Muratore |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-08-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781441170057 |
ISBN-13 | : 1441170057 |
Rating | : 4/5 (057 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers written by Mary Jo Muratore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers explores how nine different "outsider" authors treat the theme of alienation in one of their major works. All the novels under review were written in a limited time span (1942 to 1987, approximately 50 years), and all are structured around a hero or heroine who remains culturally, ethically or aesthetically distant from his/her narrative counterparts. Works discussed: Albert Camus' L'Etranger; Richard Wright's The Outsider; André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville; Ernesto Sábato's El túnel; V.S. Naipaul's Guerrillas; Elie Wiesel's Le Cinquième fils; Norbert Zongo's Le Parachutage; Gisèle Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia, and Jean Genet's Querelle de Brest.