Kenneth A. Loparo 
Wandering Women in French Film and Literature 
A Study of Narrative Drift

How and when can a narrative agent or voice be considered unreliable? What happens when narrative authority fails and, just as importantly, why does it? As a means to answering these questions, Wandering Women in French Film and Literature examines the phenomenon of ‘narrative drift’ through in-depth analysis of twentieth-century novels and films.

Table of Content

1. An Introduction to Narrative Drift 2. ‘Qui suis-je?’ 3. Impersonal Narrative: Fade to Lack: Detachment and Discontinuity 4. Personal Narrative: Taking it Personally: Men Telling the Stories of Wandering Women 5. Pluralized Narrative: More is Less? The Paradox of Pluralized Perspectives

About the author

Mariah Devereux Herbeck is Associate Professor of French at Boise State University, USA.