nouveau roman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres; antinovel.

Word forms

nouveau roman nouveaux romans

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.

Related words

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