Annie Ernaux Beyond Words - (Chiasma) (Hardcover)

About the Book

With contributions by academics and artists from Europe, Asia and the United States, this book offers fresh insights on photographs in Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's work and innovative perspectives on its adaptions on screen and stage in France and abroad.

Book Synopsis

The first of its kind, Annie Ernaux beyond Words: Images and Scenes not only offers fresh perspectives on photographic images in the Nobel Prize winner's work but also presents innovative insights into its adaptations on screen (L'Événement, Simple Passion, The Years) and on stage (A Girl's Story and Happening) in France, Germany, and Italy, as well as a foray into David Ernaux-Briot's The Super 8 Years. The volume offers contributions in a vast array of disciplines, is written by an equally diverse cohort of academics, and features performance artists, a writer, and a photographer from Western Europe, Asia and the United States.

About the Author

Michèle Bacholle, Ph.D., CSU Professor of French at Eastern Connecticut SU, is co-founder of Annie Ernaux International Studies. Her recent publications are on Ernaux, Sciamma, and Ducournau; her book Violence and Rebellion in Contemporary French Women's Autofiction is forthcoming at Bloomsbury.

Jacqueline Dougherty, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in Foreign Languages at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founder of Annie Ernaux International Studies. Recent publications include "L'Événement from Page to Screen" and "Les Années Super 8 and the Emancipation of the Frozen Woman" (forthcoming).