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Shields, Kathleen (2010) Representations of the French Language in the Detective Novel Sous les vents de Neptune by Fred Vargas. French Cultural Studies, 21 (3). pp. 202-215. ISSN 0957-1558
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Abstract
This essay studies the role played by the two equally important varieties of the French language
(Québécois and Parisian) present in Sous les vents de Neptune (2004) by Fred Vargas, and sets the
novel in the context of recent debates about the French language. Many topics in these debates
are not so new, such as the inseparable link between language and nation, the enduring notions
of clarity, logic and rayonnement as well as the idea of the universality and humanism of French, as
evidenced in writings on francophonie. The freedom of writing in a popular genre enables Vargas to
comment obliquely on these questions of language, to challenge assumptions and to propose an
alternative view of both language and universality.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | clarity; detective fiction; francophonie; French language; nationalism; universality; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures > French |
| Item ID: | 9244 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1177/0957155810370385 |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Kathleen Shields |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2018 15:09 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | French Cultural Studies |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/9244 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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