#French Jean Barois

• Author: R. M. du Gard
  
• Title: Jean Barois
  
• Published: 1913
  
• Genre: historical novel with ‘mise-en-scene’ dialogue
• fictive characters based on historical persons l’Affaire Dreyfus
• Contents: 3 parts, 496 pages
• Language: French
• Trivia: Nobel Prize 1937
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ANALYSIS
1. Explain the title of the book.
Jean Barois is the name of the main character. He grew up in a French provincial town and was educated in a catholic college.

2. What is the predominant element in the story?
Narrative: Du Gard is renowned for the different techniques:
direct dialogue: mise-en-scene
interior monolgue
free direct speech: (the narrator takes on the speech of the character)
“Tu vois, toi…”
tone signifies that… “ Vous savez bien que je ne comprends bien à vos lectures.”
camera effect: – Jean Barois’s business card: the last address lines are crossed out.
In this ‘snapshot’ Barois tells us the Jean is unemployed. (pg 161)

3. Who is…