frlit1-9, Exercise 3: The Nouveau Roman Model answer: The Nouveau Roman rejected the traditional novel with its plot, character and moral. Its writers did not form a school and disagreed among themselves: Robbe-Grillet argued for descriptions of objects without human meaning, and Sarraute for the tiny movements of feeling beneath conversation. Other writers include Michel Butor and Claude Simon. Any two writers are acceptable. Check the names against a reference work.