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Nelly G. Kupper has produced a provocative study that draws upon cognitive psychology and gender studies, archetypal patterns of heroism and plot, and the importance of the gaze. She offers a new interpretation of the Orpheus story whose backward glance would seem to contradict the forward thrust of the masculine pattern of heroism. She then turns to examine a modern version of this pattern through an interpretation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. Rich and wide-ranging, this study demonstrates the potential rewards of interdisciplinary approaches to literary criticism. -Jenny Strauss Clay, Classics, University of Virginia Using the perspective of neuroscience and analyses of archetypal patterns, Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern proposes a fresh and convincing reinterpretation of Alain-Fournier's canonic novel Le Grand Meaulnes. Nelly G. Kupper's analysis sheds light on the oppositional dynamic between Meaulnes as archetype of the masculine hero, who must not look back, and Seurel, the narrator who embodies Christian values. The book's stimulating inquiry demonstrates the centrality of the adventure novel for the renewal of French literature in the early twentieth century. -Marie-Eve Therenty, Professor of French Literature; Director of the Research Center on Literature and the Arts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (RIRRA21), University of Paul-Valery, Montpellier 3, France Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern invites us to re-understand fictional text through the enlightened triadic paradigm gaze-memory-gender. In the discussion of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes, which has been read by generations of scholars and students for over a century, the application of the archetypal triad unveils great many new revelations. No doubt Le Grand Meaulnes will continue its presence as a modern classic in the French curriculum thanks to this book's contribution for a nouvelle lecture. -Didier Valery, Professeur de lettres modernes, Academie de Montpellier, France Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern is a solid contribution to French studies, dealing with canonical texts, but it is also an ambitious project on a larger scale, which helps fill in some important gaps in our knowledge of the function of memory in fiction. What is particularly striking about this scholarship is the gender-specific dimension to the work, which explores whether women and men remember and represent memory differently. This book will reinvigorate the ongoing debate between social-constructivist and essentialist perceptions of how the brain and literature function in gendered contexts. -Bent Sorensen, President of the PsyArt Foundation; Associate Professor of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark

Nelly G. Kupper has produced a provocative study that draws upon cognitive psychology and gender studies, archetypal patterns of heroism and plot, and the importance of the gaze. She offers a new interpretation of the Orpheus story whose backward glance would seem to contradict the forward thrust of the masculine pattern of heroism. She then turns to examine a modern version of this pattern through an interpretation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. Rich and wide-ranging, this study demonstrates the potential rewards of interdisciplinary approaches to literary criticism. -Jenny Strauss Clay, Classics, University of Virginia Using the perspective of neuroscience and analyses of archetypal patterns, Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern proposes a fresh and convincing reinterpretation of Alain-Fournier's canonic novel Le Grand Meaulnes. Nelly G. Kupper's analysis sheds light on the oppositional dynamic between Meaulnes as archetype of the masculine hero, who must not look back, and Seurel, the narrator who embodies Christian values. The book's stimulating inquiry demonstrates the centrality of the adventure novel for the renewal of French literature in the early twentieth century. -Marie-Eve Therenty, Professor of French Literature; Director of the Research Center on Literature and the Arts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (RIRRA21), University of Paul-Valery, Montpellier 3, France Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern is a solid contribution to French studies, dealing with canonical texts, but it is also an ambitious project on a larger scale, which helps fill in some important gaps in our knowledge of the function of memory in fiction. What is particularly striking about this scholarship is the gender-specific dimension to the work, which explores whether women and men remember and represent memory differently. This book will reinvigorate the ongoing debate between social-constructivist and essentialist perceptions of how the brain and literature function in gendered contexts. -Bent Sorensen, President of the PsyArt Foundation; Associate Professor of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern invites us to re-understand fictional text through the enlightened triadic paradigm gaze-memory-gender. In the discussion of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes, which has been read by generations of scholars and students for over a century, the application of the archetypal triad unveils great many new revelations. No doubt Le Grand Meaulnes will continue its presence as a modern classic in the French curriculum thanks to this book's contribution for a nouvelle lecture. -Didier Valery, Professeur de lettres modernes, Academie de Montpellier, France

Using the perspective of neuroscience and analyses of archetypal patterns, Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern proposes a fresh and convincing reinterpretation of Alain-Fournier's canonic novel Le Grand Meaulnes. Nelly G. Kupper's analysis sheds light on the oppositional dynamic between Meaulnes as archetype of the masculine hero, who must not look back, and Seurel, the narrator who embodies Christian values. The book's stimulating inquiry demonstrates the centrality of the adventure novel for the renewal of French literature in the early twentieth century. -Marie-Eve Therenty, Professor of French Literature; Director of the Research Center on Literature and the Arts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (RIRRA21), University of Paul-Valery, Montpellier 3, France Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern invites us to re-understand fictional text through the enlightened triadic paradigm gaze-memory-gender. In the discussion of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes, which has been read by generations of scholars and students for over a century, the application of the archetypal triad unveils great many new revelations. No doubt Le Grand Meaulnes will continue its presence as a modern classic in the French curriculum thanks to this book's contribution for a nouvelle lecture. -Didier Valery, Professeur de lettres modernes, Academie de Montpellier, France Nelly G. Kupper has produced a provocative study that draws upon cognitive psychology and gender studies, archetypal patterns of heroism and plot, and the importance of the gaze. She offers a new interpretation of the Orpheus story whose backward glance would seem to contradict the forward thrust of the masculine pattern of heroism. She then turns to examine a modern version of this pattern through an interpretation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. Rich and wide-ranging, this study demonstrates the potential rewards of interdisciplinary approaches to literary criticism. -Jenny Strauss Clay, Classics, University of Virginia Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern is a solid contribution to French studies, dealing with canonical texts, but it is also an ambitious project on a larger scale, which helps fill in some important gaps in our knowledge of the function of memory in fiction. What is particularly striking about this scholarship is the gender-specific dimension to the work, which explores whether women and men remember and represent memory differently. This book will reinvigorate the ongoing debate between social-constructivist and essentialist perceptions of how the brain and literature function in gendered contexts. -Bent Sorensen, President of the PsyArt Foundation; Associate Professor of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark

Using the perspective of neuroscience and analyses of archetypal patterns, Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern proposes a fresh and convincing reinterpretation of Alain-Fournier's canonic novel Le Grand Meaulnes. Nelly G. Kupper's analysis sheds light on the oppositional dynamic between Meaulnes as archetype of the masculine hero, who must not look back, and Seurel, the narrator who embodies Christian values. The book's stimulating inquiry demonstrates the centrality of the adventure novel for the renewal of French literature in the early twentieth century. -Marie-Eve Therenty, Professor of French Literature; Director of the Research Center on Literature and the Arts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (RIRRA21), University of Paul-Valery, Montpellier 3, France Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern invites us to re-understand fictional text through the enlightened triadic paradigm gaze-memory-gender. In the discussion of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes, which has been read by generations of scholars and students for over a century, the application of the archetypal triad unveils great many new revelations. No doubt Le Grand Meaulnes will continue its presence as a modern classic in the French curriculum thanks to this book's contribution for a nouvelle lecture. -Didier Valery, Professeur de lettres modernes, Academie de Montpellier, France Gaze, Memory, and Gender in Narrative from Ancient to Modern is a solid contribution to French studies, dealing with canonical texts, but it is also an ambitious project on a larger scale, which helps fill in some important gaps in our knowledge of the function of memory in fiction. What is particularly striking about this scholarship is the gender-specific dimension to the work, which explores whether women and men remember and represent memory differently. This book will reinvigorate the ongoing debate between social-constructivist and essentialist perceptions of how the brain and literature function in gendered contexts. -Bent Sorensen, President of the PsyArt Foundation; Associate Professor of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark Nelly G. Kupper has produced a provocative study that draws upon cognitive psychology and gender studies, archetypal patterns of heroism and plot, and the importance of the gaze. She offers a new interpretation of the Orpheus story whose backward glance would seem to contradict the forward thrust of the masculine pattern of heroism. She then turns to examine a modern version of this pattern through an interpretation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. Rich and wide-ranging, this study demonstrates the potential rewards of interdisciplinary approaches to literary criticism. -Jenny Strauss Clay, Classics, University of Virginia

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Nelly G. Kupper is Professor of French and Russian at Northern Michigan University, Marquette. She earned her PhD in Modern Foreign Languages from the University of Tennesee, Knoxville. Her more recent publications include ""Obsessively Estranged, Compulsively Creative"" in Perspectives on Creativity: Volume 2 (2011), ""Daughters Who Remember: the Omnipresent Mother in Nathalie Sarraute’s Enfance, and the Absent Mother in Patrick Modiano’s La Petite Bijou"" in Orbis Litterarum (2011), and «Le Piège du discours maternel dans le roman de Mme de Lafayette» in Gradiva, revue européenne d'anthropologie littéraire (2006).

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