Revue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises (Nov 2023)
Fragoletta, roman de la formation négative
Abstract
Fragoletta. Naples et Paris en 1799, by Henri de Latouche, is considered the founding novel of the androgyne motif in the 19th century. The eponymous character projects a protean image of femininity – warlike, libertine, mysterious – in which we can see a critique of Ancien Régime society and the status it assigns to women. According to Michel Crouzet, Fragoletta is a singularly disunited work : a formation novel, but also an adventure and historical novel, sentimental novel and black novel. This article aims to show how Latouche hijacks and subverts the codes of the formation ovel.
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