Generosity de Richard Powers : contre le complot du roman

This article aims at exploring the ways in which Richard Powers’ latest novel Generosity may be construed as a meditation on fiction’s capacity to “say whom we love” and save them. It suggests that, more than the fictitious character of the novel, what hinders the project is the plot-oriented natur...

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1. Verfasser: Pellegrin, Jean-Yves
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Français
Veröffentlicht: 2012
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Zusammenfassung:This article aims at exploring the ways in which Richard Powers’ latest novel Generosity may be construed as a meditation on fiction’s capacity to “say whom we love” and save them. It suggests that, more than the fictitious character of the novel, what hinders the project is the plot-oriented nature of all narrative discourse.