Etymology

nouveau roman

Today it means: A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres; antinovel. Full definition →

French nouveau roman
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Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.

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