Conclusion - The Crimes of Marguerite Duras

Summary

The conclusion of the book studies one final intervention in a fait divers that pushes the role of the writer in public debates to new limits. In the case of Luc Tangorre, Duras seems to defend the indefensible in the interest of following her own passion, performing a version of her persona out of sync with public opinion. I maintain that Marguerite Duras represents a case study for the growing relationship between the media and literature and argue for the importance of looking at literature as an enduring, meaningful part of a broader culture as it reflects upon and interacts with vital elements of the mass media. The content of contemporary literary works has come to reflect increasingly the popular media forms that promote it, inspire it, and interface with it.