Getting lost in maternity, finding oneself in writing. In search of maternal/feminine identity in Marie Petitcuénot’s Ce qui gronde Cover Image

Se perdre dans la maternité, se retrouver dans l’écriture. À la recherche de l’identité maternelle/féminine dans Ce qui gronde de Marie Petitcuénot
Getting lost in maternity, finding oneself in writing. In search of maternal/feminine identity in Marie Petitcuénot’s Ce qui gronde

Author(s): Agnieszka Loska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Social Norms / Social Control, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: maternity; motherhood; Marie Petitcuénot; feminine identity

Summary/Abstract: The article demonstrates the connections between motherhood and the feeling of loss experienced by a woman and a mother in Marie Petitcuénot's autobiographical novel, Ce qui gronde (2021). Based on a feminist critical approach, on care theory and on psychoanalytic theories, the study presents how motherhood affects the feminine and maternal identity and examines how Marie Petitcuénot manages to find herself through writing. The impact of motherhood on her life and her feminine/maternal identity is analyzed through her experience of childbirth, the postpartum period and her family daily routine, which affects her the most.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 95-111
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: French