La Piste Antique des Femmes Perverses : Une interprétation girardienne des Plaines de l’Espoir d’Alexis Wright
Women: The Victims of their People. A Girardian Reading of Alexis Wright’s Plains of Promise

Summary/Abstract: How do René Girard’s theories apply to a context of double colonization? Through anew interpretation of Alexis Wright’s novel Plains of Promise, this paper aims to show the cross-cultural relevance of mimetic theory. The study will highlight the way in which the scapegoat mechanism is represented in the Australian colonial context. It also offers a Girardian analysis of the predicament of female characters of Aboriginal descent who are victims of sexual violence.

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