nouveau roman
Meanings
noun
- A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres; antinovel.
Word forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.
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