Alain Fournier, Le Grand Meaulnes [The Lost Domain/ The Wanderer]

Mersiha Bruncevic (Gothenburg University)

Ed. by Hugo Azerad, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1913

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Alain-Fournier’s only novel Le Grand Meaulnes, published in 1913, tells the story of two adolescent boys who set out on a quest for adventure and wonder. Fuelled by the contradictory drive that is teenage innocence mixed with teenage desire, the story seems to anticipate a whole century of literature and pop culture marked by that peculiar phase in life between childhood and maturity. Set in the French countryside of the early 20^th century, the novel captures a time of transition in the boys’ lives and a time of transition in history, too. The generation of boys depicted in the novel would grow up to be the soldiers of World War I, historically known as the Lost Generation.

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Citation: Bruncevic, Mersiha. "Le Grand Meaulnes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 July 2020 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=28538, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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