Colette française(et fille de zouave)

This article argues that French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette occupies a central position in the canon of French women’s writing, and that from this position her reception was deeply influential in the development of the myth of French singularity. After World War I, a style of femininity assoc...

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Xuất bản năm:French Politics, Culture & Society | 38 | 1 | 2020-03-01 | p. 113-128 | 1537-6370
Tác giả chính: Antonioli, Kathleen
Định dạng: Article ou chapitre numérique
Ngôn ngữ:Français
Được phát hành: 2020
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Truy cập trực tuyến:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling cairn-FPCS_381_0113FPCSFrench Politics, Culture & Society https://shs.cairn.info/revue-french-politics-culture-and-society-2020-1-page-113?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3167/fpcs.2020.3801xx Colette française(et fille de zouave) Antonioli, Kathleen2020 antifeminismFrench singularityMona Ozoufreception historySidonie-Gabrielle ColetteWorld War Ifre French Politics, Culture & Society | 38 | 1 | 2020-03-01 | p. 113-128 | 1537-6370 FPCS_38155 This article argues that French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette occupies a central position in the canon of French women’s writing, and that from this position her reception was deeply influential in the development of the myth of French singularity. After World War I, a style of femininity associated with Colette (natural, instinctive, antirational) became more largely synonymous with good French women’s writing, and writers who did not correspond to the “genre Colette” were excluded from narratives of the history of French women’s writing. Characteristics associated with Colette’s writing did not shift drastically before and after the war, but, in the wake of the Great War, these characteristics were nationalized and became French.Cairn free access
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topic antifeminism
French singularity
Mona Ozouf
reception history
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
World War I
spellingShingle antifeminism
French singularity
Mona Ozouf
reception history
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
World War I
Antonioli, Kathleen
Colette française(et fille de zouave)
topic_facet antifeminism
French singularity
Mona Ozouf
reception history
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
World War I
description This article argues that French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette occupies a central position in the canon of French women’s writing, and that from this position her reception was deeply influential in the development of the myth of French singularity. After World War I, a style of femininity associated with Colette (natural, instinctive, antirational) became more largely synonymous with good French women’s writing, and writers who did not correspond to the “genre Colette” were excluded from narratives of the history of French women’s writing. Characteristics associated with Colette’s writing did not shift drastically before and after the war, but, in the wake of the Great War, these characteristics were nationalized and became French.
author Antonioli, Kathleen
author_facet Antonioli, Kathleen
author_sort Antonioli, Kathleen
title Colette française(et fille de zouave)
title_short Colette française(et fille de zouave)
title_full Colette française(et fille de zouave)
title_fullStr Colette française(et fille de zouave)
title_full_unstemmed Colette française(et fille de zouave)
title_sort colette française(et fille de zouave)
publishDate 2020
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container_issue Culture & Society | 38 | 1 | 2020-03-01 | p. 113-128 | 1537-6370
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