Cite this article as:

Pavlova S. Y. The Image of a Disgraced Princess in Memoires by Mlle de Montpensier. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2016, vol. 16, iss. 1, pp. 50-?. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2016-16-1-50-53

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0).

Heading:

Literary criticism

The Image of a Disgraced Princess in Memoires by Mlle de Montpensier

The article considers the protagonist image in Memoires by Mlle de Montpensier, related to the description of her life in exile after the Fronde events. The author analyzes how the royal disfavor impacts the changes in the views and inner world of the heroine. Comparing the text extracts written in exile with those written after it was over allows to show how the introspection deepens, and to draw the conclusion on the meaning of the memoire genre in the fate of the disgraced princess.

Authors:

Pavlova

Svetlana

Yurievna

,

Saratov State University

,

Russia, 410012, Saratov, Astrakhanskaya street, 83

,

pavlovasy@info.sgu.ru

Key words:

memoires, French literature of the XVIIth century, protagonist image, Mlle de Montpensier, Fronde