Symbolic description in the early novels of Francois Mauriac

Abstract

"The inspiration for this study is found in Nelly Cormeau's L'Art de Francois Mauriac, written in 1951. In her discussion of Mauriac's expression, she points out his tendency to create a link between his characters and the external setting of his novels through his descriptive style. Cormeau designates and defines this link as ... The purpose or this study is to document the importance of Mauriac's descriptive technique which is the primum mobile of the duality which is created in his early novels. This will be studied with regard to its prevalence, function, and, as tar as possible, its effectiveness."--Introduction