Rewarding the production of culture:Le Prix Goncourt
| Autor: | Pamela A. Genova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cultural Studies
History Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Cultural landscape Cultural impact Art history Art Ambivalent relationship Publishing Phenomenon Reading (process) French literature business Economic power media_common |
| Zdroj: | Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. 18:150-157 |
| ISSN: | 1740-9306 1740-9292 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17409292.2014.900924 |
| Popis: | Universally celebrated as the most prestigious French literary award since its inception in 1903, le Prix Goncourt plays a remarkably influential role in French literature. Linked to complex issues of the commercialization of art, the economic power of publishing houses, and the ambivalent relationship of the reading public to the critical press, the Goncourt represents a controversial phenomenon nervously anticipated every fall. Analysis of the cultural impact and critical reception of three novels recognized by the prize—Jean Rouaud's Les Champs d’honneur, Jean Echenoz's Je m’en vais, and Michel Houellebecq's La Carte et le territoire—reveals a multifaceted cultural network, embodying a fascinating mirror of the French cultural landscape itself. In 1990, the press applauded the first novel of a then-unknown Rouaud, whose book appeared with Minuit (significant because not with Gallimard, Grasset, or Seuil, the conglomerate known as “Galligrasseuil”); his exploration of the motifs of familial and ... |
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