THE DYNAMISM OF THE MINIMALIST WRITING: JEANPHILIPPE TOUSSAINT’S FUIR Cover Image

LE DYNAMISME DE L’ÉCRITURE MINIMALISTE: FUIR, DE JEAN-PHILIPPE TOUSSAINT
THE DYNAMISM OF THE MINIMALIST WRITING: JEANPHILIPPE TOUSSAINT’S FUIR

Author(s): Valentina Radulescu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: minimalism; writing; visual; dynamic; movement.

Summary/Abstract: Minimalism is still a problematic concept and writers experiencesometimes some difficulties in accepting a designation as a minimalist.Our paper has a double object: retrace the evolution of the concept ofminimalism and some of the diverse points of view it generated; thesecond part of the analysis focuses on the writing particularities in Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s novel Fuir, from the perspective of contemporaryminimalism.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 92-105
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: French