Cypress leaves in front of the Arc de Triomphe

Author: Liu Mingjiu
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This is the author's seventh collection of critical essays, and like the previous ones, it also has a thematic focus. The articles included all discuss 20th-century French literature, making it the author's second collection in this field. If there is any difference between this collection and the previous one, it is that the former focused on "Existentialist" literature and the "New Novel" movement, while this one focuses on post-war award-winning novels and the "New Fable" movement, which marks the end of the 20th-century French literary trend. The two collections, including over 50 articles, contain 500,000 words in total, reviewing a significant portion of the renowned figures and masterpieces of 20th-century French literature. It serves as a summary of the author's years of reading and professional work in this specialized field.