Desire in language: Nathalie Sarraute's theatre of interpellation

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2011
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Noonan, Mary
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Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande
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10.7173/164913311801283072
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The main line of argument pursued in this article is that the focus of Nathalie Sarraute's work for the theatre is the moment of turning in response to the voice that hails, and that her theatrical exposition of this moment aligns it with hesitation, resistance and loss: a disturbance in the originary moment of interpellation, a failure to sustain the other through the voice that addresses. The article concludes that it was in the theatre that her writing found its natural home.
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Nathalie Sarraute , Theatre , Voice , Interpellation , Hesitation , Resistance , Loss
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Noonan, M. (2011) 'Desire in language: Nathalie Sarraute's theatre of interpellation', Irish Journal of French Studies, 11, pp. 63-85. doi: 10.7173/164913311801283072
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© 2011, Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.