Représentations de la noblesse dans le roman français (1789-1848)

Ilinca, Ingrid L.

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Title

Représentations de la noblesse dans le roman français (1789-1848)

Author(s)

Ilinca, Ingrid L.

Issue Date

2010-01-06T16:12:49Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

• Mortimer, Armine Kotin
• Talbot, Emile J.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Mortimer, Armine Kotin

Committee Member(s)

• Talbot, Emile J.
• Mathy, Jean-Philippe
• Fresco, Karen L.

Department of Study

French

Discipline

French

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• French literature
• representations of nobility
• Sénac de Meilhan
• Germaine de Staël
• Honoré de Balzac
• L'émigré
• Delphine
• L'interdiction
• Une double famille
• Béatrix

Abstract

The French nobility is considered as a class defeated by the bourgeoisie and irrelevant within the capitalist economy. This widespread view fails to explain the vivid presence of the nobles in the 19th century cultural production. A phenomenological analysis of five novels (L’émigré, by Sénac de Meilhan, Delphine, by Germaine de Staël, L’interdiction, Une double famille, and Béatrix, by Honoré de Balzac) allows me to define a flexible model on which I base a study of nobility representations between 1789 and 1848. This model is organized around the following aspects: heredity and the idea of biological superiority, family and matrimonial practices, individual vs. lineage, education and savoir-faire, forms of sociability, (non)conformity to the norms, interpretation of signs and appearances, political engagements, equality vs. inequality, interaction with other social groups.

Graduation Semester

2009-12

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Copyright 2009 Ingrid L. Ilinca

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