« Le moelleux, la chaleur, ce sont les femmes ! »: figures de femme dans "Il pleut dans ma maison" et "Off et la lune" de Paul Willems Auteurs
“The softness, the warmth, these are the women!”: female figures in Il pleut dans ma maison and Off et la lune by Paul Willems

Summary/Abstract: Paul Willems, 20th-century Belgian playwright, did not shy away from showing many female figures in his plays, and he did sowith great attention to detail. Through a thorough analysis,of the following plays : Il pleut dans ma maison and Off et la lune,it is possible to draw analogies between the heroines he created,which might allow to identify the topoi most often used by theBelgian playwright. We used the historical method, notably theselection, fusion, interpretation and ordering of facts. In addition,the method of literature analysis with particular emphasis on theanalysis of source texts and the comparative method were used.Based on the analysis carried out, we established that the followingtopoi of women appear in the two Willems’ plays selected foranalysis: a woman as an incomprehensible being, a romantic woman,a traditional woman and a liberated woman.

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