nouveau roman

British  

/ nuvo rɔmɑ̃ /

noun

1. another term for anti-roman See antinovel

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Etymology

Origin of nouveau roman

literally: new novel

Example Sentences

With its nouveau roman asceticism, Handke’s writing typically leaves me with a sense of being kept on the outside of something that is cold, severe and not obviously enjoyable.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

The Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett influences, which are prominent in previous work like “The Pets,” remain, though they are perhaps less pronounced here than the surrealist and nouveau roman touchstones.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018

Its critical dimensions were in dialogue with the ironic selfreflection and distancing devices of the French nouveau roman, the photo-roman and New Wave cinema.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2015

As narrative, the war on terror has been like the nouveau roman, with no coherent plot, only jarring disjunctions of cause and effect, time and place.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015

It’s fun to watch critics crawl all over the map trying to situate Leyner in some tradition, any tradition — metafiction, nouveau roman, etc.

From Time • Apr. 11, 2012