Output details
27 - Area Studies
University of Chester
Article title
Quand la Princesse de Clèves descend dans la rue, Littérature et contestation sociale dans la France d'aujourd'hui
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
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Title of journal
Grenzgänge. Zeitschrift für eine moderne Romanistik
Article number
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Volume number
15
Issue number
30
First page of article
146
ISSN of journal
0944-8594
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
In 2009 France’s teachers, professors and lecturers went on a strike that lasted far longer than in 1968 to express their disapproval of Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform of HE. The Princess of Clèves, a heroine of a 17th-century novel, become the iconic figure of the movement. This article investigates the role of "classic" culture and of the literary canon in contemporary France in moments of high ideological intensity.
