From The Sea Wall to The Lover : Prostitution and Exotic Parody

This analysis of the two novels highlights Marguerite Duras' equivocal stance with regard to colonial Indochina where she grew up at the beginning of the century. As The Lover rewrites The Sea Wall in the autobiographical mode, the emphasis shifts from an explicit denunciation of colonialis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pascale Bécel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1997-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol21/iss2/7

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