The Archetype Of Woman In The Theatre Of Jean Giraudoux.

Author

Elisabeth Josephine Price

Publication Date

8-18-1972

Abstract

I had begun to re-read Giraudoux for pleasure, remembering that when I was first introduced to his works in class, I had been impressed by the quality of the heroines he presented. Upon second reading of his theatre, I was struck by the fact that his heroines did not serve in a complementary role to the hero, as so often is the case, but were presented as entities of their own. Because there is a revolution taking place in our culture over the role of woman, I thought that it would be interesting to investigate Giraudoux's concept of woman. In so doing I discovered that Giraudoux's conception of woman goes beyond her social role and delves into the primordia meaning of woman, in which woman becomes the female principle not as a passive agent but an active one. Woman becomes the subject instead of the object.

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

French

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

First Committee Member (Chair)

Ernest Truett Book

Second Committee Member

Jack Kolbert

Third Committee Member

Claude-Marie Senninger

Recommended Citation

Price, Elisabeth Josephine. "The Archetype Of Woman In The Theatre Of Jean Giraudoux.." (1972). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds/169