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North Atlantic Monstrosity : = Cultural Embodiment of Nostalgia and Progress in Nineteenth-Century French and Quebecois Literature.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	North Atlantic Monstrosity :/
Reminder of title:	Cultural Embodiment of Nostalgia and Progress in Nineteenth-Century French and Quebecois Literature.
Author:	Jones, Cynthia Ann.
Description:	1 online resource (185 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-08A(E).
Subject:	French literature. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355679267

North Atlantic Monstrosity : = Cultural Embodiment of Nostalgia and Progress in Nineteenth-Century French and Quebecois Literature.
Jones, Cynthia Ann.

North Atlantic Monstrosity :Cultural Embodiment of Nostalgia and Progress in Nineteenth-Century French and Quebecois Literature. - 1 online resource (185 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

This project explores how the representation of certain monsters in the French and Quebecois traditions both inform and distinguish themselves from each other, particularly as they relate to nineteenth-century industrialization. Through a comparative study of texts by French author's Alexandre Dumas and Rachilde, and Quebecois authors Philippe-Ignace-Francois Aubert de Gaspe, J. Ferdinand Morissette, Honore Beaugrand, Charles-Marie Ducharme, Pamphile Lemay, and Louvigny de Montigny, I will argue that literary monsters are most notable at moments of significant transformation in societies. First, I look at the use of the werewolf in literature from both of these regions. In France, the loup-garou embodies the internal struggle of progress (industrialization) and nostalgia for an agrarian lifestyle. Whereas in Quebec, this same figure internalizes similar conflicts between the rural and urban, but also---and more importantly---symbolizes a forming national identity. Then, I explore the ways each region treats the portrayal of the monstrous feminine as a reaction to increasing industrialization. In Quebec, the role the woman holds in the family shifts from mother and caretaker to factory worker, thus narratives about the devil and female monstrosity highlight the tensions between traditional ideals and modernization. For France, Rachilde's narrative Monsieur Venus also discusses female agency during the nineteenth-century; however, rather than building off of folkloric beliefs from the past, this novel situates itself within a contemporary (nineteenth-century) context, and explores questions of female power and reproductive rights through the monstrous portrayal of the two main characters. Ultimately, the nineteenth-century monsters explored in this project shed light on the social and political intricacies of both the time and space in which they were written, and offer insight to current representations of monsters in the twenty-first century.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355679267Subjects--Topical Terms:

1005878
French literature.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

North Atlantic Monstrosity : = Cultural Embodiment of Nostalgia and Progress in Nineteenth-Century French and Quebecois Literature.
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