{"title":"Une affaire politique: The Novel in 2022","authors":"William Cloonan","doi":"10.1353/tfr.2023.a911319","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: This essay approaches the novel through the optic of contemporary social controversies, be they the war in Ukraine, climate change, international and national terrorism, or abuse of ethnic or sexual minorities. It makes clear that even though novelists’ attitudes toward art and politics are constantly evolving, the issues themselves remain of constant concern.","PeriodicalId":44297,"journal":{"name":"FRENCH REVIEW","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"FRENCH REVIEW","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tfr.2023.a911319","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, ROMANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: This essay approaches the novel through the optic of contemporary social controversies, be they the war in Ukraine, climate change, international and national terrorism, or abuse of ethnic or sexual minorities. It makes clear that even though novelists’ attitudes toward art and politics are constantly evolving, the issues themselves remain of constant concern.
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The French Review is the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of French and has the largest circulation of any scholarly journal of French studies in the world at about 10,300. The Review publishes articles and reviews in English and French on French and francophone literature, cinema, society and culture, linguistics, technology six times a year. The May issue is always a special issue devoted to topics like Paris, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Québec, Francophone cinema, Belgium, Francophonie in the United States, pedagogy, etc. Every issue includes a column by Colette Dio entitled “La Vie des mots,” an exploration of new developments in the French language.