Nemet mondó úrilányok. Kemény Lili és Simone de Beauvoir önéletrajzi művei mint kor- és osztálydokumentumok
Young Ladies Saying No: Lili Kemény’s and Simone de Beauvoir’s Autobiographies as Documents of Age and Class

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the thematic similarities and overlapping questions that define both Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter and Kemény Lili's Nem (No). Simone de Beauvoir’s autobiography offers a detailed picture of the life of a young woman, who grows up in a bourgeois French family in the 1920’s and who rebels tenaciously against the expectations of her social class. By interpreting Beauvoir’s novel as a document of historical period and social class, the author explains how Kemény’s Nem may function in the same way for its future readers. While comparing the two novels, the author focuses on themes such as intellectual self-accomplishment, child narrations, mother-daughter relationships, female perspectives and self-centeredness.

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