Women in Moli¨re's Comedies

How Little Do You Know a Woman's Heart!

By: Diana Koloini

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Hardcover | 8 October 2024

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This book offers a new approach to the work of the great classical author. Moli re's is obviously a patriarchal world in which women are most often treated as objects of patriarchal autocracy, which expects their submission. Yet in a number of his plays, women display ample resourcefulness in countering the patriarchal rule, often managing to outwit it. To explore this topic, the book scrutinizes Moli re's most important comedies, The School for Wives, Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and Don Juan, all of which feature complex female characters who play important roles. They show that Moli re acknowledged a fully valid space for women and recognized their right to their own lives. As a prelude, the book analyzes two comedies from the margins of Moli re's oeuvre, The Ridiculous Pr cieuses and The Learned Ladies, which provoked controversy and indignant feminist criticism, since they appear to deride the emancipatory efforts of the time.

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"Diana Koloini's Women in Moliere's Comedies is a groundbreaking study, which will soon become a landmark not only in Moliere Studies but also in feminist readings of the image and role of women in (French and European) classical theater. It should become a 'must-read' in every curriculum in the humanities."
Professor Patrice Pavis, University of Paris; Honorary Fellow, University of London

"Koloini's Women in Moliere's Comedies does not fall into the trap of trying to make a plea for or against Moliere's feminism. Instead, it focuses masterfully on the often overlooked complexity and diversity of his female characters. This makes it not so much a book about Moliere, but de facto a book about women-through the spyglass of Moliere's comedies."
Alenka Zupancic, The European Graduate School

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