Pre- and Post-Publication Itineraries of the Contemporary Novel in

Vanessa Guignery et François Gallix, eds. Pre- and Post-Publication Itineraries of the
Contemporary Novel in English. Paris : Éditions Publibook Université, 2007. 352p.
The articles in this volume follow the itineraries or trajectories of the contemporary novel in
English, looking thoroughly into the study of the creation of a book, and more particularly the
various steps of its elaboration, from the writing process with its succession of drafts and
rewritings, the making-of, the conception of the book itself, the relationship with publishers
and agents, to the final exploitation by mass-media, the reading of the book, the phenomenon
of literary awards, translations, film and television adaptations. The novels analysed range
from the early twentieth century to early twenty-first century, and belong to both British and
post-colonial or new literatures from South-Africa, Canada and India. The volume includes
lectures by and debates with British writer David Lodge and South African author André
Brink.
TABLE DES MATIERES
Introduction: The infinite journey of books, by Vanessa GUIGNERY
Modern and Contemporary British Fiction
The Voyage Out de Virginia Woolf: l'odyssée de la traversée ou l'apprentissage de l'écriture
romanesque, par Monica GIRARD
Can a diary ever take the place of a novel? The Journals by John Fowles, by Elena VON
KASSEL
Untangling the intertwined threads of fiction and reality in The Porcupine (1992) by Julian
Barnes, by Vanessa GUIGNERY
La possibilité d'une plage: The Beach d'Alex Garland, par Paul VEYRET
Sex, li(n)es and lineage: the winning cocktail for the 2004 Man Booker, The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst, par Georges LETISSIER
David Lodge
De l'écrit à l'écran: Nice Work de David Lodge, par Sophie GABEREL-PAYEN
An exhilarating disturbance of narrative models: Small World by David Lodge as a precursor
of the novel gone globalized, by Christian GUTLEBEN
Author, Author by David Lodge and The Year of Henry James, by François GALLIX
A Mixed Blessing: A Writer's View of Literary Prizes, by David LODGE
Conversation with David Lodge
Canadian literature and postcolonial issues
Beyond the Nation: the Impact of Yann Martel's Booker Prize in Canada, by Christine
LORRE
Relations éditeurs / auteurs: évolution et perspectives dans le contexte de l'industrie du livre
canadienne, par Christine EVAIN
International marketing of Canadian-authored books in relation to Commonwealth literary
prizes, by Christine EVAIN
The centre reaches far and wide: postcolonial literatures in English and the modes of cultural
production, by Jesús VARELA-ZAPATA
André Brink
André Brink, under the sign of dialogue, by Mélanie JOSEPH-VILAIN
Relations auteur traducteur: A Chain of Voices (Un Turbulent silence) d'André Brink, par Jean
GUILOINEAU
The itinerary of a book in the English language, by André BRINK
La littérature sud-africaine pendant et après l'Apartheid: table ronde avec André Brink, Denise
Coussy, Jean Guiloineau et Mélanie Joseph-Vilain
Brief conversation with André Brink
Literary prizes and children's literature
Literary prizes, literary categories and children's literature in the 1990s-2000s, by Claire
SQUIRES
The curious phenomenon of the award-winning novels: the case of Mark Haddon, by Monica
GIRARD
Children's Literary Prizes and Awards: History, Selection Criteria and Jurys, by Carole
MULLIEZ