La Femme Dans La Batarde De Violette Leduc Et Dans L'amant De Marguerite Duras

📄 Project Abstract

This research entitled: « LA FEMME DANS LA BATARDE DE VIOLETTE LEDUC ET DANS L'AMANT DE MARGUERITE DURAS » takes a look at the conditions of women as they are presented in the two novels of two French female writers Violette Leduc and Marguerite Duras. With the assistance of the theory of feminism, we look at the socioeconomic and political conditions of women as represented by the two protagonists of the two novels, Violette Leduc in La Batarde and the anonymous protagonist in Marguerite Duras's L'Amant. We discover that in both cases, the women are not only exploited but are also humiliated by men who occupy dominant positions in the society. We discover too that in the two novelists, the excesses of men are not allowed to go unchecked. The novelists combat the excesses of men through their two female protagonists who do so by revolting against established traditions and institutions cherished by the Western society like marriage, heterosexual relationship and fidelity in love. In th...