Stephanie de Genlis (1746--1830) is amongst the most productive women authors of her generation. We will base our work upon the research of Catherine Rubinger and Roland Bonnel (in Femmes savantes et femmes d'esprit) in order to describe the society of women authors at the end of the 18th century; we will also look at their literary practices, as well as analyze the environment which contributed to their discourse. We will then study the literary styles favored by de Genlis; Georges May's study on the novel (Le Dilemme du roman) will be used as a first step towards understanding de Genlis' choices as an author. Our third chapter will be dedicated to De l'influence des femmes sur la litterature francaise, in which the author develops her theory about the institution of French literature, about the status of women authors, and about literature in general. Finally, we will put forward an analysis of the ways in which women authors are portrayed in selected narrative texts. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.21245 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Navarro, Pascale, 1962- |
| Contributors | Desrosiers-Bonin, Diane (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Département de langue et littérature françaises.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001658939, proquestno: MQ50551, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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