Pour un nouveau roman (translated as For a New Novel (US), Towards a New Novel (UK)) is a 1963 collection of theoretical writings by French author Alain Robbe-Grillet.
Published by Les Éditions de Minuit, the articles which constitute the book had been published between 1955 and 1963 in a number of French publications, and some were revised prior to inclusion in the book.
It is the obligation of the artist to create new and strange artworks which, in turn, create reference points to judge future artworks (and which will by necessity be useless to do so).
Controversially, he argues against "several obsolete notions", such as character, story, and depth.
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