Ruth d’Elizabeth Gaskell ou les fluctuations du politiquement correct
« Politically correct » is a fairly recent expression. The attitude, however, which objects to and rejects anything that does not fit the ideological norms of a given time and place seems to be inseparable from the very notion of human society. The reputation of Ruth, one of Gaskell’s less well know...
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2025
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | « Politically correct » is a fairly recent expression. The attitude, however, which objects to and rejects anything that does not fit the ideological norms of a given time and place seems to be inseparable from the very notion of human society. The reputation of Ruth, one of Gaskell’s less well known and less well liked novels, in her time and today, may in fact have suffered from the instability of the norms which decide what can or cannot be said, as well as how things can be said. The reactions to the problem at the centre of the book, that of the unmarried mother, are studied within their context, whether Victorian or twentieth century. For it is not so much the unmarried mother as the way she is represented which was and still is (for other reasons) problematic. This analysis will therefore concentrate on the representation of the fallen woman, her progress and her environment. The way(s) in which the narration subverts the different aspects of the politically correct of her time will become clear, but, at the same time, the shifting quality of the notions of correctness and incorrectness will be uncovered, as well as the persistence of intolerance on the part of the contemporary reader. |
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