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Literary Criticism French

The Dialogue of Writing

Essays in Eighteenth-Century French Literature

by (author) Christie McDonald

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2006
Category
French, 18th Century, France
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889207080
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554585274
    Publish Date
    Nov 1984
    List Price
    $32.95

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To the extent that writing has long been considered a substitute for "living" conversation, dialogue has been a quintessential metaphor for language as communication. This volume closely analyzes dialogue, both as a literary genre and as a critical principle underlying the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Diderot. In her analysis, the author examines relationships between texts and writers, between texts and readers, and between texts and other texts (intertextuality). Drawing extensively upon deconstructionist critical sources, as well as upon sociological and anthropological explorations of reading and writing, this volume provides valuable insight into the wonderfully complex acts of writing and reading, the "dialogue of writing."
Of interest to students of eighteenth-century French literature, this work is alsoimportant to those interested in contemporary literary criticisms, its theory and practice, as well as to students of Barthes, Derrida, and Beneviste. The volume also presents fascinating applications of the the though of Claude Lévi-Strauss.

About the author

Christie McDonald teaches in Etudes françaises at Université de Montréal.

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