Kobiece głosy w prozie Frances Sheridan. Od represji do transgresji

• Authors: Valérie Maffre
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Most female characters in Frances Sheridan’s novels are seemingly paragons of virtue complying with the modesty expected of 18th-century women who know how to hold their tongue, so much so that her works could at first be construed as a mere fictionalization of the popular normative conduct books of the time. Yet a detailed analysis of the language and the syntax of women’s reasoning and narration shows to what extent this reserve is imposed rather than chosen or innate. Another voice can then sometimes be heard in these woman-to-woman confessions, the narration turning dialogic and questioning the heroines’ modest attitudes.

FR

Les héroïnes des romans de Frances Sheridan semblent être des parangons de vertu qui ne cessent de se conformer à la modestie attendue des femmes du XVIIIe siècle sachant “tenir leur langue en bride,” à tel point que les œuvres de cet auteur semblent à première vue se réduire à une fictionalisation des livres de conduit normatifs très populaires à l’époque. Pourtant, l’analyse détaillée du lexique et de la syntaxe des raisonnements et récits des personnages féminins dans cette œuvre montre à quel point la réserve dont elles font preuve est imposée plutôt que choisie ou innée. Une autre voix se fait parfois entendre dans ces confidences entre femmes, dans ce journal devenu exutoire : une schize narrative apparaît, la narration devient dialogique et remet en cause l’attitude réservée des héroïnes du récit.

PL

Bohaterki powieści Frances Sheridan wydają się uosabiać wszelkie cnoty, wcielając w życie postulat skromności zgodny z oczekiwaniami formułowanymi wobec osiemnastowiecznych kobiet. Do tego stopnia potrafią  „trzymać język na wodzy”, że prozę Sheridan można na pierwszy rzut oka postrzegać niczym literacką wersję popularnych wówczas poradników dobrego wychowania. Niemniej szczegółowa analiza języka, składni, toku rozumowania i kobiecej narracji powieści Sheridan ukazuje, do jakiego stopnia powściągliwość i opanowanie bohaterek są wybrane czy wrodzone, na ile zaś zostały zewnętrznie narzucone. W wyznaniach formułowanych przez kobiety w powieściach epistolarnych Sheridan można nieraz usłyszeć inny głos, wówczas narracja przybiera formę dialogu kwestionującego pełną rezerwy postawę bohaterek.

Keywords

EN

women; conduct books; reserve; restraint; confession; Frances Sheridan

FR

femmes; livres de conduite; réserve; répression; confession

PL

kobiety; poradniki dobrego wychowania' powściągliwość; opanowanie; wyznania; Frances Sheridan

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio FF – Philologia
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2020

online

2020-12-29

Contributors

author

Valérie Maffre

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/ff.2020.38.2.67-79