Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of Provocation
The French and World War II in the Novels of the Hussards (1949–1954)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | MANU BRAGANCA (0000-0001-9656-5011, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 228-239 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1752628015y.0000000015 |
| OpenAlex | W1601242901 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, only those who had opposed the Germans or were perceived to have done so could freely express themselves. Soon, however, three young writers clearly leaning to the right of the political spectrum – Antoine Blondin, Roger Nimier, and Jacques Laurent – dared to challenge their narratives in a series of provocative novels published between 1949 and 1954. Quickly referred to as the Hussards after the publication in of a famous essay by Bernard Frank, these writers momentarily occupied the literary space left vacant by their older peers. Without denying the provocative, political and subversive dimensions of the Hussards' war novels, this article will argue that their success was mainly due to the fact that they were largely in line – and not in contradiction – with the ‘horizon of expectations’ of their time ()
Art · Contradiction · Epistemology · First world war · Humanities · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sanity · World War II · French Literature and Critical Theory · Historical and Political Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Political and Social Issues
Past Imperfect
L'épuration des intellectuels
The Rites of Passage of Jean Genet
The Politics of Provocation in the Hussards
Le ‘bon Allemand’ dans le roman français de l'immédiat après-Seconde Guerre mondiale
A continuing preoccupation with the Occupation
Evaluation statistique de la pénétration du cinéma américain en France
Le flagellant de Séville
Roger Nimier
Intelligence and the Transition to the Algerian Police State
Les accords Blum-Byrnes. La modernisation de la France et la guerre froide
Literature and the Right in Postwar France
Roger Nimier, Hussard du demi-siecle
La Guerre des ecrivains 1940-1953
Vichy un passe qui ne passe pas
En 1945
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |