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The portrait of France through the modern Greek novel of the 30s

Articles

• Freris, Georges

In this brief study the portrait of France is examined as it is seen andexpressed through the novels of the 30s. An analysis is made of novels byStr. Myrivilis, G. Theotokas, St. Xefloudas, Th. Kastanakis, and M. Karagatsis,in which it is apparent that France still remains for the Greeks a liberaland democratic country, attracting the youth for its fashion and the freemovement of ideas, a country where human rights are respected. A modelcountry of bourgeois democracy, France no longer inspires Greek leftistthought.Nevertheless, its various literary trends are still imitated by the Greeknovelists who in their majority express the bourgeois mentality.Finally, Paris is the city representing France (way of life, thinking etc.)and naturally through this analysis arises the myth of the French men andwomen with their main features being their care for their appearance, theirwide education and their liberal ideas.

• Languages and Literature

• Λογοτεχνία

Η Γαλλία στην ελληνική νουβέλα

Το άρθρο αποτελεί μέρος πρακτικών του ελληνογαλλικού συμποσίου που πραγματοποιήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη την περίοδο 15-17 Οκτωβρίου 1987 με τίτλο «La France, la Grece et les Balkansdans les annees trente».