Antinobel

The antinovel, or Anti-Nobel Prize, is a literary movement that began in the 1950s as a reaction to the perceived excesses of the novel. The antinovelists sought to redefine the novel by emphasizing simplicity, brevity, and clarity over complexity, length, and ambiguity. They believed that the novel had become bloated and irrelevant, and that it was no longer capable of capturing the complexities of the modern world.

The most prominent figure of the antinovel movement was Jean-Paul Sartre, who wrote the essay "The Anti-Novel, or the Novel of Pure Reflection." In it, Sartre argued that the novel had become mired in its own self-referentiality, and that it was no longer capable of reflecting the realities of the world. He called for a new type of novel that would be stripped of all its excesses and would focus exclusively on the essentials of the story.

Other prominent antinovelists include Raymond Queneau, Maurice Blanchot, and Alain Robbe-Grillet. All of them sought to redefine the novel by emphasizing simplicity and clarity over complexity and ambiguity. They believed that the novel had become irrelevant and irrelevant, and that it was no longer capable of capturing the complexities of the modern world.