Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 12:10:48 -0500 (EST) From: bdroppl-AT-grove.ufl.EDU Subject: Re: inquiry Dear Judith, I'm wondering in particular about some of the less well-known authors featured in Jardine's and Menke's "Shifting Scenes": Claudine Herrmann, Jeanne Hyvrard, Marcelle Marini, Michele Montrelay, Christiane Rochefort & Francoise Collin. In the future, I plan on doing a little research on their recent publications to compare them with the direction that Chantal Chawaf has taken (about whom I am writing my dissertation). I'd be interested chatting with anyone out there on this list who is doing research on these authors. I'm still reading Chawaf and haven't a clear picture of her evolution, so I can't really say I have a particular idea "en tete" about what I'm looking for at this point... In my secondary reading, I've noticed that many critics (Susan Suleiman being one exception) seem to consider "ecriture feminine" to be passe and no longer "important" or "influential" (with the exception of the big three: Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva and of course writers like Duras and Wittig). However, Chawaf has published 8 or so novels in the last ten years which is a definite indication that someone is still reading her and interested by her work. I also think it's telling that she has worked with 7 or 8 different publishing houses, among them some of the largest in France, so I'm assuming she is perceived as an artist/philosopher of interest to a rather wide audience. Perhaps this has more to do with her literary talent than her "femininst" philosophy...I'm not sure... Anyway, thanks for your interest... beth bdroppl-AT-grove.ufl.edu
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