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This interpretation of Marguerite Duras's work consists mainly of an analysis of a scene from La vie tranquille, in which the narrator does not recognize herself while observing her reflection in a mirror. We see in that sequence the discharge of the Self through a detachment from a self-image essentially imposed by the mother (Lacan). The entire second part becomes an effort to neutralize the dominant identity that had merged with the dead brother, and instead favour multiple identities. The text then introduces a new structure of identity with almost unlimited potential: the Self strives toward an “otherness within” that invites constant renewal. This profound change, noticeable in the book by the transition from “me” (ma personne) to “them” (elles), is experienced by the protagonist as a form of death, a suppression of the Self which must be distinguished from a death wish, from the self-loathing experienced by several other female characters imagined by Duras. This distinction sets La vie tranquille apart from Duras's other early novels (Les impudents and Un barrage contre le Pacifique) and brings out a distinctive characteristic found both in this little-known book and the famous L'amant. Rather than perceiving L'amant as a rehash of Un barrage contre le Pacifique, we considered L'amant in continuity with La vie tranquille, underlining some of the many ways in which the 1984 novel resumes the process broached in the 1944 La vie tranquille.
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Ce projet de maîtrise se veut être une recherche exploratoire concernant l'expérience de femmes exerçant le travail du sexe en agence d'escortes dans la ville de Québec. Plus particulièrement, l'objectif de la présente étude vise à analyser le processus par lequel les travailleuses du sexe laissent de côté leur vie «normale» pour s'insérer dans l'espace marginal de la prostitution et les différentes stratégies de négociation qui s'opèrent dans l'acceptation du nouveau statut de prostituée. Pour réaliser cette recherche, nous avons retenu l'approche qualitative et utilisé les méthodes d'observation participante, les entrevues informelles et formelles à partir d'un questionnaire semi-ouvert. Suivant le cadre conceptuel du rite de passage, l'analyse de l'expérience prostitutionnelle s'est effectuée en trois séquences distinctes : la rupture du groupe d'appartenance et l'insertion …
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In his 1857 interpretation, Baudelaire is the first to misgender Emma Bovary, opening the way for a reading of the play of gender inversions rarely taken seriously by literary criticism. This article therefore seeks to demonstrate, question, and unsettle the ambiguities of gender in Flaubert's writing, positing that there is a major unspoken element in his poetics: from Novembre (1842) to Madame Bovary (1857), one can discern an ambivalent weaving of desire and identification. Postmodern in spirit and inspired by queering, this reading aims to reveal the family resemblance between the two works.
Keywords: Gustave Flaubert, féminisme, femme fatale, Gustave Flaubert, queer, feminism
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