Format:
1 Online-Ressource (393 pages)
ISBN:
9783035308112
Series Statement:
Studies in Contemporary Women’s Writing 4
Content:
Strange Adventures examines portrayals of womanhood in the works of prize-winning French author Pierrette Fleutiaux. Fleutiaux’s refreshing pictures of womanhood offer insights into how women can become more whole, substantial and free in themselves and in their relationships, as well as how they can contribute to the external world through their creativity and leadership. The study demonstrates how Fleutiaux’s heroines navigate the external, bodily and inner situations of adolescence, early adult life, marriage, motherhood, maturity, leadership and death, in the process developing greater inner resources of wisdom, compassion and resilience. This volume considers selections from Fleutiaux’s œuvre, from her first short fiction Histoire de la chauve-souris to her recent Loli le temps venu, including Métamorphoses de la reine (Goncourt de la nouvelle) and Nous sommes éternels (Prix Femina). Using a theoretical framework which draws on Jungian concepts and the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, the study analyses women’s individuation trajectories at each stage of life. Throughout, Fleutiaux’s depictions are shown to pose a challenge to existing conceptions of womanhood and individuality, thus opening up new understandings of what it means to be a woman, and to be human
Content:
Contents: Towards a New Theory of Womanhood – (Co)-Creating the Woman in Histoire de la chauve-souris, Histoire du tableau and Allons-nous être heureux? – Negotiating (with) the Mother in Métamorphoses de la reine and Des phrases courtes, ma chérie – Relating (to) the Other in Nous sommes éternels and Les Amants imparfaits – Invigorating Women’s Leadership in L’Expédition, La Saison de mon contentement, Bonjour, Anne and Loli le temps venu
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783034308922
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sercombe, Elizabeth Anne, 1975 - Strange adventures Oxford : Peter Lang, 2016 ISBN 3034308922
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783034308922
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Fleutiaux, Pierrette 1941-2019
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Frau
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Individuation
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Fleutiaux, Pierrette 1941-2019
;
Frau
DOI:
10.3726/978-3-0353-0811-2
URL:
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Author information:
Sercombe, Elizabeth Anne 1975-
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