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Motifs, themes, characters, & styles Flashcards

1
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What are the key motifs in Maigret et l’indicateur? (5)

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The restaurant

The robberies

The chateaux

Bandol

The informant

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What are the key themes in Maigret et l’indicateur?

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Investigation

Justice & the truth

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Who is Maigret? Describe him

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The protagonist of Maigret et l’indicateur

A detective

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Who is Line Marcia?

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Possible murderer in Maigret et l’indicateur

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Who is Maurice Marcia?

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Victim in Maigret et l’indicateur

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Who is Manuel Mori?

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Possible murderer in Maigret et l’indicateur

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Who is Jo Mori?

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Accomplice in Maigret et l’indicateur

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Who is Louis?

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Police officer in Maigret et l’indicateur

Counterpoint to La Puce

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Who is La Puce?

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The titular informant in Maigret et l’indicateur

Counterpoint to Louis

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What stylistic aspects are notable in Maigret et l’indicateur? (4)

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Lots of dialogue

Regular language

Focalisation interne

Lots of side-characters

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What are the key motifs in La fée carabine? (6)

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Old people

Drugs

Fairy tales & stories

Serial killer

Verdun

Architecture

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What are the key themes in La fée carabine? (4)

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Family

Racism

Ageism

Authorities vs. the people

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Who is Benjamin Malaussène?

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Protagonist of La fée carabine

Professional scapegoat

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Who is Julia Corrençon?

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Benjamin’s girlfriend

Journalist

Victim thrown over bridge onto barge

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15
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Who is Pastor?

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The main police officer in La fée carabine

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What stylistic aspects are notable in La fée carabine? (4)

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Written in slang

Non-focalisé narration

Expectations are inverted

Lots of protagonists

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17
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Who is Van Thian?

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The Vietnamese detective

Widow Ho’s counterpart

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18
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What are the key motifs in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest? (7)

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Driving around Paris

Alcohol

Chess

Weapons

Brand names

Cars

Jazz music

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What are the key themes in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest? (4)

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Work and employment

Historical and political context

Consumerism

Eternal cycle

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20
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Who is Georges Gerfaut?

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Protagonist in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest?

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21
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Who is Béa?

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Georges Gerfaut’s wife

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Who are Carlo & Bastien

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The two hitmen in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest

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23
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Who is Alonso Emerich y Emerich?

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The villian in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest

Former smuggler in the Dominican Republic

24
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Who is Gassowitz?

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Gerfaut’s accomplice in killing Alonso

25
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Who are Mouzon & Hodeng?

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Private investigators who happened upon Alonso Emerich y Emerich

26
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Who are the two private detectives in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest who happened upon Alonso Emerich y Emerich?

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Mouzon & Hodeng

27
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Who is Alphonsine?

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Gerfaut’s lover in the mountains in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest

28
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Who is Raguse?

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The doctor who heals Gerfaut in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest

29
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What stylistic aspects are notable in Le petit bleu de la côte ouest? (4)

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Brand names

Lists of items

Graphic violence

Narrative cycle

30
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What are the key motifs in Meurtres pour mémoire? (6)

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History

Teachers

October 1961/Holocaust

Police brutality

Grave-diggers’ strike

Administrative mix-up

Jewelry heist

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What are the key themes in Meurtres pour mémoire? (3)

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Justice and the truth

History is a set of lies agreed upon

Authority vs. the people

32
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Who is Cadin?

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Protagonist of Meurtres pour mémoire

33
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Who is Bernard Thiraud?

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Murdered history teacher in Meurtres pour mémoire

Son of Roger

34
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Who is Roger Thiraud?

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Murdered history teacher in Meurtres pour mémoire

35
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Who is Muriel Thiraud?

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Roger’s widow in Meurtres pour mémoire

36
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Who is Claudine?

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Bernard’s girlfriend in Meurtres pour mémoire

37
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Who is Veillut?

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Politician & murderer in Meurtres pour mémoire

38
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Who is Lécussan?

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Librarian in Meurtres pour mémoire

39
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Who are the two conspirators in Meurtres pour mémoire?

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Veillut and Lécussan

40
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What stylistic aspects are notable in Meurtres pour mémoire? (3)

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Lots of initial protagonists who are dropped and forgotten

Historical verisimilitude

Fragmented first few chapters

41
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What are the key motifs in Un été pourri? (3)

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Castration

Sexual violence

Weather

42
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What are the key themes in Un été pourri? (3)

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Vigilante justice

Masculine vs. feminine

Absolute justice vs. the justice system

43
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Who is Augusta Magnusson?

A

Murderer in Un été pourri

Masculine woman

44
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Who is Ron Magnusson?

A

Murderer in Un été pourri

Feminine man

45
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Who is Fanny Mitchell? (3)

A

Victim in Un été pourri

Murderer

Insane

46
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Who is Thomas Herman?

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Journalist in Un été pourri

47
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Who is Sandra Khan?

A

Murderer in Un été pourri

“Je”

48
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Who is Frederick Latimer?

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Victim/criminal in Un été pourri

49
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Who is Carmen Sanchez?

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Victim of Frederick Latimer’s in Un été pourri

50
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Who is Mort Newman?

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Victim of Fanny Mitchell’s in Un été pourri

51
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Who is Joan?

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Sandra Khan’s girlfriend in Un été pourri

Frederick Latimer’s victim

52
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Who is Jimmy?

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Augusta Magnusson’s victim in Un été pourri

53
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Who is Dothy?

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Jimmy’s girlfriend in Un été pourri

54
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Who is the subway pervert?

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Ron Magnusson’s victim in Un été pourri

55
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What stylistic aspects are notable in Un été pourri? (5)

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Set in the US

First person interne/3rd person non-focalisé

Lots of short chapters

No single protagonist

Sympathy for criminals, not for victims

Crime fiction (3 decks)

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