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Le masculin et le féminin dans le roman sandien : Vers un dépassement de la dualité
The Masculine and the Feminine in George Sand’s Novels: Towards an Overcoming of Duality

Author(s): Gérard Peylet
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, French Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Masculine/Feminine; George Sand; Feminine Identity; Power; Duality;

Summary/Abstract: From Indiana to Nanon, from 1832 to 1872, G. Sand never ceased to revolt against the abuse of power of which women are victims in a society made for men and directed by them. She also sought to find a positive response to this tyranny which makes women a dependent being, by reflecting on another form of relationship between man and woman and on a new role that women could play within the society. After being a victim, the Sandian woman becomes an educator of herself and others, a true mediator before engaging in social life alongside men. In this male/female relationship, education, which plays a central role, is based on dialectical thinking. Through education, the Sandian character learns to overcome the social, political, cultural and psychological barriers that hinder being.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 309-324
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: French