Format:
139 S.
ISBN:
0820436615
Series Statement:
Currents in comparative Romance languages and literatures 53
Content:
This book compares selected novels of Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) with those of Francois Mauriac (1885-1970), breaking new ground by revealing the strong thematic parallels and certain stylistic affinities in the authors' presentations of female characters and society. It focuses on the female characters in Effi Briest (1895) and Therese Desqueyroux (1927) as victims of a rigid, yet degenerating patriarchal society, and on the women in Frau Jenny Treibel (1892) and Genitrix (1924) as possessive dominators
Content:
These presentations reveal the injustices and insufficiencies of a social system on the verge of decline, existent in both authors' fictive worlds
Language:
German
Subjects:
Romance Studies
,
German Studies
Keywords:
Fontane, Theodor 1819-1898
;
Frau
;
Mauriac, François 1885-1970
;
Fontane, Theodor 1819-1898
;
Roman
;
Frau
;
Mauriac, François 1885-1970
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