NOUVEAU ROMAN


Meaning of NOUVEAU ROMAN in English

[ ˌnu:vəʊ rəʊ'mα:n ]

■ noun a style of avant-garde French novel which rejected traditional novelistic conventions in an attempt to reflect the sometimes random nature of experience.

Origin

Fr., lit. 'new novel'.

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