SOURCE: “Language as Ritual in Marguerite Duras's ‘Moderato Cantabile,’” in Symposium, Vol. XXX, No. 3, Fall, 1976, pp. 236-59.
In the following essay, Zepp examines the ways in which language fails to create a sense of order for the characters in Moderato cantabile, arguing that the characters' response is to ritualize their meetings and dialogue to impose meaning on reality.
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