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Maurice Couturier was a distinguished literary scholar and translator whose work primarily focused on modern English and American literature. He was renowned for his in-depth exploration of Vladimir Nabokov's oeuvre, to which he dedicated his pioneering doctoral thesis and numerous publications. Couturier's approach was characterized by an interdisciplinary scope, blending literary theory with critical analysis and contributing to the rehabilitation of the author as a central figure in critical discourse. Beyond his academic career, which spanned universities in both France and the United States, he also engaged in translation and played an active role in publishing prestigious literary editions.

2017
The Figure of the Author
240 pages
9 hours of reading
Exploring the dynamic between authors and readers, this essay delves into major novels from the eighteenth century to the present, analyzing works like "Moll Flanders" and "Madame Bovary." It engages with Roland Barthes' and Michel Foucault's theories on the author function, presenting an intersubjective theory of the modern novel. The study highlights the complex interactions between authors and readers, including their avoidance and contention, while also examining the structural elements of novels, such as title pages and paratexts, revealing the intricacies of the writing and reading experience.
2005
Lolita
362 pages
13 hours of reading
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Humbert Humbert, a European intellectual adrift in America, is a middle aged college professor. Haunted by memoires of a lost adolescent love, he falls outrageously (and eventually illegally) in lust with his landlady's twelve year old daughter, Dolorez Haze.Obseesed, he'll do anything, will commit any crime to posses his Lolita. But once Lolita belongs to Humbert, once he has got what he wants, what next? and what of Lolita? how long is she willing to be possessed?

The Figure of the Author

Lolita