Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 12:28:04 -0600
Subject: MB: L'Arret de mort


Regarding Death Sentence: there's a nice essay in Diacritics
a few years ago (late 80's?) that deals with the filmic
qualities of this novel, in comparison with _Hiroshima mon
amour_  The author (I'll get the reference if y'all need it)
deals with the "cut" between parts "1" and "2."  She also
explains some of the punning going on (la raie de mort=what
we call the life line on the palm, etc.).  The most useful article
>from La Part du feu is entitled "Regards d'outre-tombe."  This
is actually about Michel Leiris' _L'Age d'homme_ but I had
my students read Leiris first anyways.  Students also need to
understand the "Lazare, veni foras" notion, since it crops up
("Viens").
Yours, John B.

John R. Barberet
Asst. Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7118
Office: 216-368-4885  Fax 216-368-2216

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