Rubins, M.;
(2007)
In foreign tongues. Milan Kundera and Andreï Makine's French prose.
Osteuropa
, 2007
(5)
pp. 169-188.
Abstract
The trans-European identity of bilingual authors such as Milan Kundera and Andreï Makine forces us to reconsider the conventional categories of "East" and "West", or "foreign" and "native". Both authors have exchanged their homeland for exile; both write novels and essays in French. Their belonging to the European tradition combines with a distanced, "eastern" view of French culture, society, and media. Kundera resists being classified as a Czech patriot and author. Instead, by means of inter-textual references, he stresses the trans-national element of his work. Makine presents himself as a writer and prophet in the tradition of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and exposes cultural and historical myths.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | In foreign tongues. Milan Kundera and Andreï Makine's French prose |
| Publisher version: | http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2007-05-21-osteur... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | German publication. Special issue of Osteuropa: Der Osten im Westen. Importe der Popularkultur. Abstract given in German and English. Please see http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/13031 for the German version. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Arts and Social Sciences > SSEES |
| URI: | http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13918 |
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