An analysis of Mona Chollet's work on the figure of the single woman and its relation to gender roles and societal expectations.
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[...] Movement 3 line 19 to the end: response of the journalist inductive reasoning = abstraction In the final movement, the journalist procIt leads to an abstraction of the reader's situation at the scale of all women, this is noticeable with the return of the plural with 'the girls'. But here, it's no longer about talking about women, but about comparing their situations to those of boys. In this way, an opposition is observed that is thematized through the register of adventure. Boys are associated with an euphoric tone 'conquer' 'romantic destiny'. Then, the journalist opposes women to men through the coordinating conjunction with an adversative value 'but'. [...]
[...] - Oral bac exam Introduction Mona Chollet is a French essayist and journalistFrench and Swiss. She is mainly known for her essay titled Sorcières, don't is the excerpt that interests us. The author as well as her work are considered as 'feminist', Mona Chollet speaks of the situation of women through the figure of the witch both fascinating and frightening. Sorcières, de son titre complet : Sorcières, the unbeatable power of women, a been published in 2018 and this essay is inspired by a feminist slogan of the 1970s: 'Tremble, the witches,isthe spells come back ». [...]
[...] In this way, the opposition between the two genres highlights the difficulty for a single woman to exist outside of her couple. Conclusion To conclude, in this excerpt Mona Chollet starts from the figure of the csingle woman to highlight the social inequality between women and men in relation to the couple and the family. Women have very little space to exist outside of these social roles. This is why the single woman concentrates the disappointed expectations that society imposes on women. [...]
[...] Firstly, from line 1 to 10, Mona Chollet presents the figure of the single woman and her attributes. Secondly, we are faced with the experience of a reader who calls for help from line 11 to 19. Finally, this experience is made abstract in the journalist's discourse, who presents a theory of gender roles from line 19 to the end of the text. Movement l to 10: the figure of the single woman This first movement is characterThis first movement is characterized by the use of a present tense of general truth « incarne ». [...]
[...] In this sense, Mona Chollet uses the figure of the single woman as a counter-example of the female model, a counter-current figure. Transition : After having painted the portrait of the 'despicable' figure of the single woman as a figure of resistance, we will see concretely how this struggle between singleness and couple operates in concrete experience. Movement 2 line 11 to 19: the concrete experience of a reader, a call for help In this two-partIn this second movement, the figure of the single woman is embodied by a reader who calls for help. [...]
