« Ce discours n’est pas pour votre regard, mes Dames ». Les adresses au féminin dans les prologues de Bruscambille
This paper concerns theatrical prologues mainly published between 1609 and 1635 by a French comic actor known as Bruscambille and his strategic uses of feminine apostrophes. Firstly, these apostrophes appear paradoxical because of the pleasant context and co-text which often use misogynist jokes. Ho...
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| description | This paper concerns theatrical prologues mainly published between 1609 and 1635 by a French comic actor known as Bruscambille and his strategic uses of feminine apostrophes. Firstly, these apostrophes appear paradoxical because of the pleasant context and co-text which often use misogynist jokes. However, a detailed analysis reveals Bruscambille’s ambivalence towards his feminine audience and demonstrates how gendered apostrophes help to increase the pleasure of dramatic performance. This article is therefore a case-study that sheds light on theatrical and writing comic practices in early seventeenth-century France and on the part which women spectators played on the stage. |
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| title | « Ce discours n’est pas pour votre regard, mes Dames ». Les adresses au féminin dans les prologues de Bruscambille |
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