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...every phenomenon and event is a text inviting interpretation, an opportunity for writing oneself into the margins of the scene as reader-critic-author. Not that the margins are without their privileges. Blonsky observes--as no less than a cataclysm--the recent deaths of Roland Barthes, Roman Jakobson, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Lacan, whose posthumous presence in the collection reflects how the "death of the authors" has ironically inaugurated a backward-looking era for cultural literacy. At the same time, Blonsky's exclusive salon is also visited by still-vital voices such as Umberto Eco, Fredric Jameson and Julia Kristeva...
...when the Swedish Academy last week finally awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature to French Novelist Claude Simon, 72, the news seemed both , inevitable and a little outdated. Simon had a period of modest renown during the 1950s and early '60s. Along with Nathalie Sarraute, Alain Robbe-Grillet and Michel Butor, he became a chief exponent of the French nouveau roman, a form of fiction that rigorously questioned traditional narrative devices. Reality, so the Gallic logic went, is not easy to read. Simon has proved himself just as good and as exhausting as the form that he helped to develop...
...depicts a world less blessed with moral order. But whether or not Les Miserables can match Nickleby's commercial impact, it is extraordinarily ambitious and exciting. Its complex story unfolds with clarity and urgent speed, although at times it seems overeager to please with romantic or comic distractions. Claude-Michel Schonberg's score is almost operatic in its emotional intensity and its use of themes and variations, yet it provides hummable pop tunes. Like Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, Les Miserables originated as a double-record album. That version, by French authors, was staged at the 4,500-seat Palais...
...challenge to that view is led by former Agriculture Minister Michel Rocard, 55, a political moderate and longtime Mitterrand rival. The Rocardiens are urging the party to shed its Marxist ideological trappings and modernize its image along Social Democratic lines. They say it must reject the Communists and court centrist and independent voters. Said Rocard: "The French people do not want another version of the (Socialist-Communist) common program, warmed over for today's taste...
...last week. Backed up by junior Joe Connolly and senior Chuck Shirey, Greer gives the quick receiving unit an aerial and rushing threat. * RECEIVERS: Dartmouth's strong point. All-Ivy split end Scott Truitt has caught three times as many passes as all Harvard wide outs combined. Flanker Geoff Michel has more catches than any Harvard split end. A dynamic tandem, Truitt and Michel will test the pass coverage of the Crimson's storied secondary. OFFENSIVE LINE: Only George Kostakas returns from last year's starting unit. This group has had some difficulties so far, making several mental mistakes...