Postcolonial Writing in Louisiana: Surpassing the Role of French Traditionalism in Alfred Mercier's Lhabitation Saint-Ybars

This thesis explores the roles of French patriarchal ideologies of the Enlightenment and exoticism in Alfred Merciers novel, Lhabitation Saint-Ybars. His novel portrays the antebellum Creole plantation as a hierarchy of strict gender roles similar to those that Enlightenment philosophy espoused. I u...

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Main Author:	Cashell, Mary Florence
Other Authors:	Jack Yeager
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Language:	en
Published:	LSU 2008
Subjects:	French Studies
Online Access:	http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04112008-114436/

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spelling	ndltd-LSU-oai-etd.lsu.edu-etd-04112008-1144362013-01-07T22:51:40Z Postcolonial Writing in Louisiana: Surpassing the Role of French Traditionalism in Alfred Mercier's Lhabitation Saint-Ybars Cashell, Mary Florence French Studies This thesis explores the roles of French patriarchal ideologies of the Enlightenment and exoticism in Alfred Merciers novel, Lhabitation Saint-Ybars. His novel portrays the antebellum Creole plantation as a hierarchy of strict gender roles similar to those that Enlightenment philosophy espoused. I use the family in Bernardin de Saint-Pierres classic, Paul et Virginie, as one example of such a hierarchy. There are also, however, several instances where Mercier departs from the paternalistic norm. I interpret Merciers moving away from this model to be a declaration of a unique Louisianian identity. Jack Yeager Rosemary Peters Katharine Jensen LSU 2008-04-16 text application/pdf http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04112008-114436/ http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04112008-114436/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached herein a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to LSU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below and in appropriate University policies, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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description	This thesis explores the roles of French patriarchal ideologies of the Enlightenment and exoticism in Alfred Merciers novel, Lhabitation Saint-Ybars. His novel portrays the antebellum Creole plantation as a hierarchy of strict gender roles similar to those that Enlightenment philosophy espoused. I use the family in Bernardin de Saint-Pierres classic, Paul et Virginie, as one example of such a hierarchy. There are also, however, several instances where Mercier departs from the paternalistic norm. I interpret Merciers moving away from this model to be a declaration of a unique Louisianian identity.
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title	Postcolonial Writing in Louisiana: Surpassing the Role of French Traditionalism in Alfred Mercier's Lhabitation Saint-Ybars
title_short	Postcolonial Writing in Louisiana: Surpassing the Role of French Traditionalism in Alfred Mercier's Lhabitation Saint-Ybars
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Postcolonial Writing in Louisiana: Surpassing the Role of French Traditionalism in Alfred Mercier's Lhabitation Saint-Ybars

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