CONJUGATING TIME AND SPACE: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE WORK OF PATRICK MODIANO.
The article discusses the writer Patrick Modiano’s treatment of photography and writing as alternate means of representing or preserving the past. The paper also focuses on the categories of time and space and the function of the virtual photographs in the narrative. Time and space appear to be sepa...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary French & Francophone Studies Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 311 - 321 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2006
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the writer Patrick Modiano’s treatment of photography and writing as alternate means of representing or preserving the past. The paper also focuses on the categories of time and space and the function of the virtual photographs in the narrative. Time and space appear to be separate and distinct categories in Modiano’s fiction. It was stated that photography plays a crucial role in Modiano's narrative, providing a metaphor for his alienation from his life. |
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