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The Quest for Love and Happiness in Selected Novels of Françoise Sagan

The primary purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the most consistent themes in the selected novels are love and happiness. The novels are: Bonjour tristesse, 1954; Un certain sourire, 1956; La chamade, 1965; Les merveilleux nuages, 1961; Un profil perdu, 1974; Aimez-vous Brahms, 1959; Le garde du coeur, 1968; and De guerre lasse, 1985. Sagan challanges her heroines, and her readers, to find happiness. Each of the heroines handles the individual search for love and happiness in her own specific way. Throughout the novels, love represents pain and suffering as Sagan describes the emptiness of life in modern society. Her works show the futility of love in a world preoccupied by superficial things.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500244
Date08 1900
CreatorsJackson, Joyce (Joyce Ann)
ContributorsHardin, Robert J.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 162 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Jackson, Joyce (Joyce Ann), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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