Représentations de la noblesse dans le roman français (1789-1848)

The French nobility is considered as a class defeated by the bourgeoisie and irrelevant within the capitalist economy. This widespread view fails to explain the vivid presence of the nobles in the 19th century cultural production. A phenomenological analysis of five novels (L’émigré, by Sénac de Meilhan, Delphine, by Germaine de Staël, L’interdiction, Une double famille, and Béatrix, by Honoré de Balzac) allows me to define a flexible model on which I base a study of nobility representations between 1789 and 1848. This model is organized around the following aspects: heredity and the idea of biological superiority, family and matrimonial practices, individual vs. lineage, education and savoir-faire, forms of sociability, (non)conformity to the norms, interpretation of signs and appearances, political engagements, equality vs. inequality, interaction with other social groups.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

French

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Ilinca, Ingrid L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mortimer, Armine Kotin
• Talbot, Emile J.
• Mathy, Jean-Philippe
• Fresco, Karen L.

• L'interdiction
• Une double famille
• Béatrix
• French literature
• representations of nobility
• Sénac de Meilhan
• Germaine de Staël
• Honoré de Balzac
• L'émigré
• Delphine

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2009 Ingrid L. Ilinca

Language dc:language

fr

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14575

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/14575