Seduction of Fiction

Jean-François Vernay has published extensively in the field of Literary Studies both in French and in English. His books, Water from the Moon: Illusion and Reality in the Works of Australian Novelist Christopher Koch and A Brief Take on the Australian Novel, focus on Australian fiction.Carolyne Lee is a Senior Fellow in the School of Culture & Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has published four books, the latest being Our Very Own Adventure.

• Author’s preface to the English edition.- Translator’s Note.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: The multiple possibilities of reading.- Chapter 2: Interpretation as an art.- Chapter 3: Context matters.- Chapter 4: The writer’s seductive power.- Chapter 5: The symbiosis of psychoanalysis and fiction.- Chapter 6: The art of storytelling.- Chapter 7: The novel as a work of bad faith.- Chapter 8: The impossible quest for truth.- Chapter 9: Breaking New Ground: The Psycholiterary Approach to Fiction.- Conclusion.

“As a review of key discussions about three main points of literary triangle consisting of the writer, text and reader, the book is highly recommended to both students and teachers of literature.” (Nataša Kampmark, TEXT, Vol. 23 (2), October, 2019)