De Beaumont’s Beauty and the Beast: A feminist analysis

De Beaumont’s fairy tale La Belle et la Bête published in 1757 in France is examined in this article by analysing gender roles and performativity, using the feminist and new historicist frameworks. The characters of Beauty, her sisters and that of the Beast are analysed for evidence of typical, patr...

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Main Author: Monique Banks
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2021-06-01
Series:Literator
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Online Access:https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1713