Marcello Drutel (1897-1985) : figure féminine d’une écriture érotique

Abstract

Marcelle Drutel (1897-1985), a provencal poetess of the first half of the 20th century, gave a start to her career as a writer with the publication of a collection of poems, Li Desiranço, published in 1933 with the pseudonym « l’Aubanelenco ». These first love poems contrast with the traditional values of this period, yet they are also part of a literary tradition that began with the poetesses of Antiquity and theTrobairitz. It is this very paradox that is displayed in Li Desiranço : a woman writer who is both a devout Catholic and a committed félibresse, the author of trangressive poems illustrating erotic themes.

Keywords

• poetry
• provençal
• Félibrige
• erotism
• women’s writings