This group, who first came to be collectively named in the 1950's, challenged the conception of the traditional novel structure, particularly conventions governing plot and characterization.
This group, who first came to be collectively named in the 1950's, challenged the conception of the traditional novel structure, particularly conventions governing plot and characterization. They strove to create a "new realism" that would more adequately convey contemporary reality. That goal surfaced in Alain Robbe-Grillet's assertion of separateness of external reality from man's projections of himself on reality as well as in Michel Butor's concentration on the historical and cultural aspects of humanity's vision of reality. FTP, what is this literary movement, epitomized in novels like La Jalousie and La Modification?
This group, who first came to be collectively named in the 1950's, challenged the conception of the traditional novel structure, particularly conventions governing plot and characterization.
{Nouveau Roman} or {New Novel}