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- Title
From Madame Chrysanthème to Madame Prune: Triads and Tribulations in Pierre Loti's Japanese Novels.
- Authors
Cooke, Roderick
- Abstract
The article focuses on the triangular structures in Pierre Loti's 1887 novel Madame Chrysanthème, examining two opening triads: Loti-Japan-'Effet' and Loti-Yves-future wife. It mentions triads, recurring throughout the novel, explore homosociality, heterosexual desire, and intertextuality, resisting conventional theories of triangular desire and emphasizing the devalorized status of Chrysanthème and the Japanese nation within the triadic relationships.
- Subjects
LOTI, Pierre, 1850-1923; MADAME Chrysantheme (Book); TRIADS (Literature); HETEROSEXUALITY; INTERTEXTUALITY
- Publication
French Studies, 2024, Vol 78, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0016-1128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/fs/knad224