Le recit amoureux feminin actuel ; suivi de Si tes rèves m'étaient contes

• Main Author: Papineau, Joane
• Other Authors: Rivard, Yvon (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: fr
• Published: McGill University 1994
• Subjects: Love stories > Women authors > History and criticism
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22613

This masters thesis in creative writing is comprised of two sections, a critical review of contemporary love stories written by women in the narrative mode and a novel entitled Si tes reves m'etaient contes. === In our study of Le recit amoureux feminin actuel, we attempt to explain women's preference for the narrative mode, to describe the new vocabulary of love and highlight its specific meaning and style. How do women write about love, how do they portray men, what have become their amorous preoccupations in the recent years? === Si tes reves m'etaient contes is the story of Catherine who, fast approaching her forties, reflects upon her life and her marriage. She is forced to conclude that her husband, whom she thought she knew so intimately, is no longer the man she married. He has become a stranger to her.