Claire de Duras / Marguerite Duras

Vous terminez Ourika de Claire de Duras et vous commencez à lire L’Amant de Marguerite Duras. Est-ce qu'il existe des similarités entre les deux œuvres ? En quoi consistent les différences principales ? Quelle est l’importance du développement de son amour-propre (self-esteem) dans les deux romans? Discutez-en.

Blog / Reflective Journal Evaluations

As we are now approaching midterm, I would like you each to take a moment to post your assessments of both the blog and the Reflective Journals. How do you feel about each of them? What do they add to the French Women Writers course? What could be done to better them?

The State of "Woman"

So far, we have read the words/works of Marie de France, Christine de Pisan, Louise Labe, Marguerite de Navarre, Madame de Sevigne, and Madame de Lafayette. In your opinion, what is the state of "woman" in Medieval and Renaissance/Post-Renaissance France? Are there any burning issues that you think need to be or will be resolved in Enlightenment France?