Women's Representations of the Occupation in Post-'68 France

ISBN-13: 9780312212551 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 168 str.

Claire Gorrara

Opis

This study looks at French women writers and representations of the Occupation in post-'68 France. Two groups of women writers are selected for discussion: "The Women Resisters," those who were adult resisters during the war years, and "The Daughters of the Occupation," those who were born during or after the war. By examining a number of texts, many of which have received little critical attention to date, this study analyzes how a nascent awareness of gender, representation and political activism informs the texts of an older generation of women writers. Such a perspective is reworked into overtly feminist representations of the Occupation by younger women writers who deal with their familial connection to three wartime memories: resistance, collaboration and Jewish persecution. This gender-conscious approach to women's writing and the Occupation marks this book as a new departure in the study of French literature and the Second World War.

Recenzje

'This book certainly does offer...a new perspective on French literature about the Second World War...(a 'gender-conscious' approach to a period habitually considered from the point of view of its male protagonists.' - Modern Languages Review

'A stimulating perspective and an interesting corpus of texts.' - African Affairs

Spis treści

Preface Introduction Remembering the War Years PART ONE: THE WOMEN RESISTERS Resistance Voices: the Case of Lucie Aubrac Gender and Genre: Maurice, Moret and Duras A Feminist Rereading: Clara Malraux PART TWO: THE DAUGHTERS OF THE OCCUPATION The Daughters of the Resistance: Gatard and Albrecht The Daughters of Collaboration: Chaix and Le Garrec The Daughters of Persecution: Jewish Children Remember Conclusion Endnotes Select Bibliography Index

O autorze

Claire Gorrara is Professor of French Studies at Cardiff University.