This study examines the development of a new hybridized genre by women writers in nineteenth-century France that I have named the novelogue. The term novelogue was chosen because it illustrates the creative combination of the novel and the travelogue. The novelogue exists in-between previously established and male-dominated genres of the nineteenth century, allowing its female users to discuss issues of nation and gender in an arena that is freer and more open to possibilities and the questioning disallowed in the established, canonical genres of the day. The novel aspect of the genre allows its writers to frame their work within the traditional story-telling mode; moreover, the novel is also somewhat a genre of (non-) choice for women writers. The travelogue element of the genre is also groundbreaking in that it showcases women travelers who, unlike most of their contemporaries, journeyed to distant places alone, without husband or chaperone. The uniqueness and liberating nature of this genre is found, therefore, in its hybridity. The three women I chose to study for this work span the nineteenth century and wrote texts that illustrated a powerful combination of their political and personal viewpoints. Germaine de Staël's Corinne ou l'Italie (1807), Flora Tristan's Pérégrinations d'une paria (1838), and Isabelle Eberhardt's Trimardeur (1922) are all examples of the novelogue. Each of these three writers portrays her own personal vision of utopian society through her novelogue. The goal, then, of this study is to analyze, through terms postcolonial theory, the way in which each of these writers used the novelogue to effect social change. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2004. / December 10, 2003. / postcolonial and genre studies, 19th-century French literature, Germaine de Stael, Flora Tristan, Isabelle Eberhardt / Includes bibliographical references. / Aimée Boutin, Professor Directing Dissertation; David Kirby, Outside Committee Member; William Cloonan, Committee Member; Raymond Fleming, Committee Member; Jean Graham-Jones, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Law, Jennifer A. (authoraut), Boutin, Aimée (professor directing dissertation), Kirby, David (outside committee member), Cloonan, William (committee member), Fleming, Raymond (committee member), Graham-Jones, Jean (committee member), Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
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