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1443831573 pdf This study explores the diverse representations of sexuality, eroticism, and gender as expressed in French and Francophone literary thought both past and present. From Franoise de Graffigny s epistolary 'refusal' of eroticism to the challenge of nineteenth-century notions of rape in the novels of Emile Zola, Victor Hugo, and Eugne Sue to desire and eroticism as social taboo in the surrealist works of Georges Bataille and Luis Buuel its historical focus demonstrates that issues of sexuality, eroticism, and gender existed at the heart of France s literary tradition long before they became a staple in its universities. Taking a more contemporary view, it examines the notion of criture fminine in such authors as Monique Wittig, Anne F. Garrta, Nina Bouraoui, Assia Djebar, and Luce Iragaray, and also challenges accusations of misogyny in the works of Michel Houellebecq. Read more