Nouveau roman

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Nouveau roman is a mid-20th-century French literary movement characterized by experimental narrative techniques, rejection of traditional plot and character, and a focus on subjective perception and formal innovation.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nouveau roman canonical 3
Pour un nouveau roman 2
New Novel 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French literary movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
endTime 1960s ⓘ
field French literature ⓘ
genre experimental literature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ambiguity of meaning ⓘ
anti-plot orientation ⓘ
depersonalized characters ⓘ
detailed, neutral description ⓘ
emphasis on language itself ⓘ
emphasis on objects and spaces ⓘ
experimental narrative techniques ⓘ
experimentation with point of view ⓘ
experimentation with time ⓘ
focus on narrative process ⓘ
focus on subjective perception ⓘ
formal innovation ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ
impersonal narration ⓘ
minimalist description ⓘ
non-linear storytelling ⓘ
open-ended narratives ⓘ
questioning of authorial omniscience ⓘ
reduction of psychological analysis ⓘ
rejection of conventional character development ⓘ
rejection of traditional plot ⓘ
self-reflexive writing ⓘ
weak or absent plot ⓘ
hasKeyConcept anti-roman (anti-novel) ⓘ
deconstruction of narrative conventions ⓘ
écriture ⓘ
inception mid-20th century ⓘ
influenced late-20th-century narrative theory ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
influencedBy existentialism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism

phenomenology ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainRegion France ⓘ
movementIn literature ⓘ
notableProponent Alain Robbe-Grillet ⓘ
Claude Ollier ⓘ
Claude Simon ⓘ
Jean Ricardou ⓘ
Marguerite Duras ⓘ
Michel Butor ⓘ
Nathalie Sarraute ⓘ
Robert Pinget ⓘ
opposedTo 19th-century realist novel ⓘ
traditional psychological novel ⓘ
period post-World War II literature ⓘ
publisherAssociated Éditions de Minuit ⓘ
startTime 1950s ⓘ
theoreticalFigure Jean Ricardou ⓘ
theoreticalFigure Roland Barthes ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French literature → hasMovement → Nouveau roman ⓘ
Marguerite Duras → movement → Nouveau roman ⓘ
Alain Robbe-Grillet → movement → New Novel ⓘ
linked to: Nouveau roman
Alain Robbe-Grillet → notable work → Pour un nouveau roman ⓘ
linked to: Nouveau roman
Nouveau Roman → describedIn → Pour un nouveau roman ⓘ
linked to: Nouveau roman