femme fatale

[Renner-Fahey, Ona]

Hello everyone.  

 

I am forwarding the following question on behalf of a colleague of mine
in our French section.  Can anyone help him with this?  

 

Much appreciated,

 

Ona

 

   In 19th century French lit, the topos of "the femme fatale" or "Belle
Dame sans Mercy" passes through Orientalism/ exoticism (...) and then
Russia--through the character of Nastasia Filippovna of Doestoievsky...
Russia becomes exotic for French literature.... As for instance Claude
Anet with his novel "Ariane, une jeune fille russe" using such cliches
as "the psychology of the Slav woman" (!!!) 
In any case, Maurice Debroka's novel  (20th century) "La Madone des
Sleepings"  revolves around the character of Irina Mouravieff, "the
Marquise de Sade de la Russie Rouge." 
Were any of these novels read or translated in Russian?

 

 

 

Ona Renner-Fahey

Assistant Professor of Russian

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

The University of Montana

 


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