Open AccessA “Postmodern” Novel of the 1920s: Vasco de Marc Chadourne
Author(s) -
Florence Lojacono
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
thélème/thélème/revista de filología francesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1139-9368
pISSN - 1132-1881
DOI - 10.5209/thel.70083
Subject(s) - postmodernism , adventure , exoticism , paradise , context (archaeology) , art , literature , art history , aesthetics , history , archaeology
Marc Chadourne (1995-1975), almost forgotten today, has published a hugely successful novel in 1927, Vasco. Under the guise of presenting a concentrate of the emblematic themes of the literature of the 1920s such as anxiety, exoticism and holiness, Vasco is above all a postmodern novel ahead of time. Indeed, the questions staged in this island fiction deconstruct the very possibility of adventure and highlight the aporia of "why live for?" Starting from the context of Vasco's publication and its critical reception, we will see why, even in the very heart of the paradise island, the protagonist fails in escaping his demons.