Two Novels: Jealousy and in the Labyrinth

Jealousy與Labyrinth是二部法國「新小說」大師亞蘭．霍格里耶（Alain Robbe-Grillet）最受爭議的作品。本書由羅蘭巴特與Anne Minor的文章作序。

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法國「新小說」大師、電影編劇與導演亞蘭．霍格里耶2008年2月18日因心血管疾病與世長辭，享年85歲。他最著名的作品便是由新浪潮大師雷奈（Alain Resnais）導演的《去年在馬倫巴》。

他是二戰後法國知識分子傑出代表，廣為人們所崇拜。他的小說創作打破了傳統小說的情節和人物塑造，成為法國「新小說派」的代表作家之一。其後，他與Michel Butor、Samuel Beckett、Nathalie Sarraute、Claude Simon等人並稱為「新小說四大家」。

霍格里耶早年學農，曾到非洲與拉丁美洲進行水果研究。1951年他在非洲染病，乘船歸國途展開文學創作生涯，第一部小說《橡皮》(The Erasers)於是產生。

霍格里耶認為創作應是「存在於事物、姿態及情景之間的聯繫，得避免對人物活動作心理上與思想上的評論」。他筆下的世界虛無縹渺，但卻不荒謬，故事行進如反覆浮現腦際的形象，似乎能領人進入故事主角的意識。而他也認為電影這個媒體比小說更適於客觀記錄事物的世界，以現實、想像、幻覺、夢境的流動等面向與元素來創作，致力描繪現代人的心靈活動。

然而他所開創的寫作模式，通常缺少?述性內容而往往集中於描寫無生命的物體，並未在公眾中獲得更為廣泛的認可。但在美國他卻獲得了人們的承認，1990年前，他曾在美國紐約和聖路易士做過數年的教師。

2004年，他曾入選法蘭西學院（40名「不朽者」之一）。法國薩科奇統辦公室的官員稱：「毋庸置疑，法蘭西學院失去了一位最具有反叛色彩的成員，隨著霍格里耶的去世，法國的知識分子史和文學史上的一個時代已經終結」。

Here, in one volume, are two remarkable novels by the chief spokesman of the so-called "new novel" which has caused such discussion and aroused such controversy. "Jealousy," said the New York Times Book Review "is a technical masterpiece, impeccably contrived." "It is an exhilirating challenge," said the San Francisco Chronicle. The Times Literary Supplement of London called Robbe-Grillet an "incomparable artist" and the Guardian termed Jealousy "an extraordinary book." In his native France, leading critic Maurice Nadeau wrote in France-Observateur that "In the Labyrinth is better than an excellent novel: it is a great work of literature," and fellow novelist and critic Claude Roy judged the same work Robbe-Grillet's "best book," while here in America the "Parade of Books" column called In the Labyrinth "a highly emotional experience for the reader" and went on to predict: "Robbe-Grillet will take his place in world literature as a successor of Balzac and Proust."

This volume, which offers incisive essays on Robbe-Grillet by Professor Bruce Morrissette of the University of Chicago and by French critics Roland Barthes and Anne Minor, also contains a helpful bibliography of writings by and about the author.

Alain Robbe-Grillet was born in 1922 in Brest, France. The Erasers, his first novel, was published in 1953, and as his next novels appeared--The Voyeur in 1955, Jealousy in 1957, In the Labyrinth in 1959, and La Maison de Rendez-vous in 1965--his importance as the chief spokesman for the noveau roman became apparent. He gives his own theories of the novel in a collection of essays, For a New Novel. Robbe-Grillet wrote the film script for Last Year at Marienbad.