roman littéraire

English translation: It will be up to you-see below:

23:25 Aug 3, 2006

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

French term or phrase: roman littéraire

il a ecrit cinq romans littéraires

rosewater

English translation:It will be up to you-see below:

Explanation:
For 'literary novel I found this from 'The Guardian' no less-
It is a rare sight in publishing. There - nestling on the 2002 bestseller list of all books, above the Highway Code, Harry Potters and stories calculated for a popular market - is a literary novel.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,863902,00.html

There were more ghits for literary romance - this is one:
Indeed, detail and clarity make this an invaluable study guide and an inspiring introduction to the fascinating world of literary romance for any reader.
www.sharp.arts.gla.ac.uk/Reviews/Romance.htm
I must admit, I was surprised although I'd hear the term 'literary romance'. Literary novel' sounds rather odd to me too-see Richard Benham's comment above

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Cervin
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Local time: 04:45

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thanks so much for the detailed response. I was struggling with the oddness of this phrase in English and this helped
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literary novels

Olga Layer

4 +1

It will be up to you-see below:

Cervin

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peer agreement (net): +13

literary novels

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Olga Layer
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Debbie Tacium Ladry

22 mins

-> Thank you, Debbie

agree

writeaway: Молодец ! ;-)

43 mins

-> спасибо :)

agree

ACOZ (X)

1 hr

-> Thank you!

agree

sporran

1 hr

-> Thank you!

agree

Patrice

5 hrs

-> Thank you, Patricia

agree

Andreas THEODOROU

5 hrs

-> Thank you, Andy

agree

Richard Benham: I agree it's odd, but it's just as odd in French....

7 hrs

-> Thank you, Richard

agree

Dr Sue Levy (X)

7 hrs

-> Thank you, Sue

agree

EJP

8 hrs

-> Thank you!

agree

Alison Jenner

8 hrs

-> Thank you, Alison

agree

Julie Barber

10 hrs

-> Thank you, Julie

agree

Rachel Ward: It's supposed to be in contrast to "popular novels" "genre fiction" "chick lit" etc

10 hrs

-> Thank you, Rachel

agree

Ingeborg Gowans (X)

15 hrs

-> Thank you, Ingeborg

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

It will be up to you-see below:

Cervin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks so much for the detailed response. I was struggling with the oddness of this phrase in English and this helped

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