Alain Robbe-Grillet: "Seni novel, bagaimanapun, telah jatuh ke dalam k...

"Seni novel, bagaimanapun, telah jatuh ke dalam keadaan stagnasi - suatu kelemahan diakui dan dibahas oleh seluruh pendapat kritis - bahwa sulit untuk membayangkan seni seperti itu dapat bertahan lama tanpa perubahan radikal. Bagi banyak orang, solusinya tampak cukup sederhana: perubahan seperti itu tidak mungkin, seni novelnya sedang sekarat."

--- Alain Robbe-Grillet

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The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion - that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change. To many, the solution seems simple enough: such a change being impossible, the art of the novel is dying.