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Revue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises, 2020 This article provides an overview of the critical reception of Michel Houellebecq’s works.
Francesca Lorandini
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Michel Houellebecq : Elementarteilchen [PDF]
, 2010 1999/2000 ist es dem Roman Les particules élémentaires gelungen, nicht nur die berufsmäßigen Literatur-Interessenten weltweit in Aufregung zu versetzen – das scheinbar so anspruchslose Buch hat überall auch unter den literarischen Laien für Furore ...
Meier, Albert
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Historicka Sociologie, 2018 Recenze: Michel Houellebecq: Podvolení. Praha: Odeon, 2015, 248 s.
Karel Černý
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Interrogations (para)littéraires sur l’art en tant que destruction [PDF]
Svět Literatury, 2022 The Goncourt Prize novel of Michel Houellebecq focuses on the parable of a fictional artist, Jed Martin, whose production ranges from photos of road maps to videos on manufactured products’ degradation, via portraits of people representing jobs.
Marika Piva
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Sérotonine de Michel Houellebecq : prédiction du destin tragique de la civilisation occidentale
Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise, 2019 Les romans de Michel Houellebecq sont ancrés dans les circonstances politiques et économiques dans lesquelles ils sont produits et consumés. L’auteur se montre un adversaire résolu d’une société de consommation qui fait de l’homme un robot conditionné,
Sabine van Wesemael
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Literature Compass, Volume 20, Issue 10-12, October-December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines David Lodge's novel Deaf Sentence (2008), which focuses on the life of Desmond, a retired professor of linguistics. I argue that this text offers a standpoint through which readers can visualise the global phenomenon of population ageing and address the question of global responsibility. I look at Deaf Sentence within the
Stefano Rossoni
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The “Cthulhu network”: The process by which the popular myth was made
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 324-340, April 2023., 2023 Abstract In the context of popular culture, the work of Lovecraft deserves a prominent role, not only for its influence on many later authors, but for its profound impact on 20th century popular culture, from music and video games to films, comics, and merchandising.
Jose Luis Arroyo‐Barrigüete
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Mutations de l'ironie dans l'œuvre de Michel Houellebecq
Carnets, 2022 Is Houellebecq a satirist ? Is it really still a question? Each new book release is an occasion for the press to reaffirm this idea. The goal of this article is to show that, in the latest novels of Houellebecq, his use of irony has greatly changed, even
Clément Lemaitre
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The crisis of love in Michel Houellebecq’s Sérotonine
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 77, Issue 6, Page 355-370, December 2022., 2022 Abstract In this article I argue that Michel Houellebecq’s novelistic descriptions of isolated and depressed protagonists in Sérotonine (2019) and in his earlier novels should not simply be read as symptomatic of the crisis of love in late capitalism. By focusing on situations where love might or might not manifest itself, Houellebecq also explores the
Christian Refsum
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‘NACH UND NACH MÜSSEN WIR ALLES ABLEHNEN’: HYPERBOLISCHE NEGATIVITÄT BEI THOMAS BERNHARD
German Life and Letters, Volume 74, Issue 1, Page 30-46, January 2021., 2021 Abstract Thomas Bernhard's work abounds in rejections. The impulse of not wanting to participate, of refusing to be complicit, lies at the heart of Bernhard's oeuvre. If this refusal is frequently embedded in discursive or even programmatic strategies, it really seems to undermine its own foundations, the very arguments and justifications put forward ...
Jan Knobloch
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