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- Title
Jeune fille moderne, jeune fille instruite: L'instruction des héroïnes sentimentales chez Police Journal (1944-1965).
- Authors
BOIVIN, KAROL'ANN
- Abstract
In the post-war period in Quebec, a surprisingly modern discourse shows up in sentimental dime novels on the importance for girls of an "American-style" education. The education would allow for the heroine's escape into the exciting world of work, conducive to meeting with interesting men (unlike the often girlonly places of education). This stage is only a springboard to social rise and finding love. Having hardly entered in the category of students, then of workers, she returns home as the queen of the household. Although it occupies only a limited textual space, the discourse on education is central to the economy of the stories. The dime novels insist on the importance of professional (trans)formation, as the best-and sometimes the only-lifeline for the heroine, who must transition from a young girl to a (modern) woman. Most of the time, the story ends with a promise of marriage that announces giving up a barely begun career. However, education weighs heavily in the seductive capital of the young girl: it has multiple functions of consecration for the sentimental heroine.
- Subjects
SENTIMENTAL fiction; SENTIMENTALISM in literature; HOUSEHOLDS; CONTENT analysis; MARRIAGE; WOMEN heroes in literature
- Publication
Études Françaises, 2022, Vol 58, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0014-2085
- Publication type
Article