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Introduction: Some problems of (the) genre: definitions and method ; Modernity and the Roman à thèse
ch. 1. "Exemplary" narratives: The parable as exemplum ; A test of the model: the fable ; "Exemplary" narratives and the Roman à thèse
ch. 2. The structure of apprenticeship: Bildungsroman and Roman à thèse: Bourget's L'Etape ; Apprenticeship: the positive exemplary version ; Negative apprenticeships
ch. 3. The structure of confrontation: History as myth: Nizan's Le Cheval de Troie ; The constraints of the real: Barrès Le Roman de l'energie nationale ; The model relativized: Malraux's L'Espoir ; The role of the reader
ch. 4. Redundancy and the "readable" text: The notion of redundancy in linguistics ; Redundancies in realist fiction ; Redundancy in the Roman à thèse ; Redundancy and the problem of evaluation
ch. 5. Subversions, or the play of writing: "Irrelevant details" ; "Saying too much" ; "Not saying enough"
ch. 6. Conclusion: Reading for what? ; Authority and imitation: Sartre's L'Enfance d'un chef.
ch. 1. "Exemplary" narratives: The parable as exemplum ; A test of the model: the fable ; "Exemplary" narratives and the Roman à thèse
ch. 2. The structure of apprenticeship: Bildungsroman and Roman à thèse: Bourget's L'Etape ; Apprenticeship: the positive exemplary version ; Negative apprenticeships
ch. 3. The structure of confrontation: History as myth: Nizan's Le Cheval de Troie ; The constraints of the real: Barrès Le Roman de l'energie nationale ; The model relativized: Malraux's L'Espoir ; The role of the reader
ch. 4. Redundancy and the "readable" text: The notion of redundancy in linguistics ; Redundancies in realist fiction ; Redundancy in the Roman à thèse ; Redundancy and the problem of evaluation
ch. 5. Subversions, or the play of writing: "Irrelevant details" ; "Saying too much" ; "Not saying enough"
ch. 6. Conclusion: Reading for what? ; Authority and imitation: Sartre's L'Enfance d'un chef.