LE RAVISSEMENT DE LOL V. STEIN ET LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES : UNE LECTURE INTERTEXTUELLE DES STÉRÉOTYPES
THE RAVISHING OF LOL STEIN AND THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES: AN INTERTEXTUAL READING OF STEREOTYPES

Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of this article will be an intertextual analysis of the pivotal ball scenes in the novels Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein by Marguerite Duras and La Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette. Despite the obvious differences in the poetics, creative visions, and styles of both writers, the reading of a 20th century literary work through the prism of the classic text exposes the stereotypes of love and a femme fatale also present in the novel by Duras. The ball from Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein, which draws on the ball from La Princesse de Clèves, illustrates the complex nature of love as an unhappy, mysterious emotion. The 17th century literary work inspired Duras to implicitly show passion as the quest of the heroine for the absolute as well as her total alienation.

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