Semester of Graduation
August 2018
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
French Studies
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This paper looks at French literature that defies binary and heteronormative gender roles and identities. The literature spans from the seventeenth- to the nineteenth-century. My goal is not only to bring these pieces of literature to light, proving that non-binary genders have existed long before the recent liberal LGBTQIA+ movement, but also to help modernize these identities from the past. In doing this, I aim to explain that contemporary gender identities are not new, but timeless. The experiences seen in this literature are strikingly similar to how people experience gender today. As a result, I hope that readers will be more accepting of contemporary gender identities. I dream of the day where we focus less on our differences and more on our own free expressions.
Date
5-30-2018
Recommended Citation
Flatte, Jacey, "Bending Gender in French Literature" (2018). LSU Master's Theses. 4723.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/4723
Committee Chair
Jensen, Katharine
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.4723