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bec.Genderrolespromotedbythiskindofwritingserve,astheauthorclaims,
toshapeachild’ssexualidentity.BymeansofscrutinizingDominiqueDemers’s
figureofmademoiselleCharlotte,Dioneeshowsthatnovelmodelsofgender
roleshelponetogobeyondsexiststereotypesstillverymuchpresentinthe
literatureofthegenre.
Thelastchapterinthecollection,“LiteraryRepresentationsofGender,”
compriseseightarticles.MagdalenaZdrada-Cok’s“SynguésabouretMaudit
soitDostoïevskid’AtiqRahimi:lefémininetlemasculindanslemondeinté-
griste”examinesgenderrelationsinthesocietydominatedbyreligiousfunda-
mentalismintwonovelsbyAtiqRahimi.Theanalysisconnectstheconstruction
offemininityandmasculinityinthenovelswiththepolitical,social,moraland
spiritualreflectiononAfganistantroubledbyinternalwar.
In“Kamouraskad’AnneHébertetUnesilonguelettredeMariamaBâ.Un
même‘discours’féministe?”MbayeDioufstressesthesimilaritiesbetweentwo
novels:AnneHébert’sKamouraskaandMariamaBâ’sUnesilonguelettre.Al-
thoughtheauthorcomparesverydifferentcultures1QuebecoisandSenega-
lese1genderrelationspresentedinthetwoworksarestrikinglycongruent.
Trangressionofculturalnormsandrebellionagainstdominationwhichac-
companythewritingprocessareasubjectofAnnaLedwina’s“Lesétatsde
femmeetlaconstructiondelaféminitédanslafictiondurassienne.”Thepaper
discussesthreenovelsbyMargueriteDuras:UnBaragecontrelePacifique,
ModeratocontabileandL)Amant,whoseheroines,asLedwinasuggests,arethe
author’salteregos.Theirfemininityisconstructedthroughaconsciousprocess
ofsubvertingtheexistingpowerrelations.
RichardJ.GrayII’s“SexualPolitics:MappingtheBodyinMarguerite
Duras’sL)Amant”discussestherepresentationsofVietnameselandscapeinDu-
ras’snovelwhich,astheauthorclaims,isasexual“comingofage”story.Gray
assertsthatdifferentlocationsrepresentvariousstagesintheprotagonist’sde-
velopment.Theanalysisisbuiltontheassumptionthatthegeographicalplaces
illustratethesexualpoliticsofthenovel.
“Cela’sMenandWoman:MultipleMasculinitiesversusOneFemininityin
MazurkaforTwoDeadMen”byAnnaPilińskadiscussestheconstructionsof
femininityandmasculinityinCamiloJoséCela’snovel.Whereasrepresenta-
tionsofmasculinityinthestoryvary,femininityisassociatedprimarilywith
sexualityandpromiscuity.Througheroticencountersdepictedinthenovel,dif-
ferentfacetsofmasculinitycometothefore.
EwaDrab’s“FemininityinthePositionoftheOppressedinNinoRicci’s
LivesoftheSaints.AComparisontoNellyArcan’sPutaininCanadianandQue-
becLiteraryPortrayalsofContemporaryWomanhood”analysesrepresentations
offemininityinthenovelsbyRicciandArcan.Thecharactersofthemother
(Ricci)andCynthia(Arcan)arerelatedinthattheybothareoppressedbytheir
socialenvironmentsandthepatriarchalorder.
