UN CÉLIBATAIRE AUX SENSIBILITÉS DIFFÉRENTES. UNE RE-LECTURE QUEER DE GOUVERNAIL DANS« A RESPECTABLE WOMAN » PAR KATE CHOPIN
A BACHELOR WITH DIFFERENT SENSITIVITIES. ANOTHER WAY TO INTERPRET THE CHARACTER OF GOUVERNAIL FROM « A RESPECTABLE WOMAN » BY KATE CHOPIN

Summary/Abstract: "Un célibataire aux sensibilités différentes. Une re-lecture queer de Gouvernail dans « A Respectable Woman » par Kate Chopin". This paper deals with Gouvernail, a literate, urban intellectual from the story “A Respectable Woman” by Kate Chopin. Our claim is that we may read this text in a way that is thoroughly different from the usual readings. Namely, we claim that the heterosexual love triangle from the story veils a sexually more controversial one. Our reading strategy is homographesis, which means identifying a textual occurrence that has more than one possible signifieds. In our case, the compulsory story, veils the subversive other and, thus, unveils a radically different, queer text.

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