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Morality, Sexuality and Conformity: Diderot's Outsiders Penetrate Foreign Societies
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Miller, Amanda K
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1102042881
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Year and Degree
2004, Master of Arts, Miami University, French.
Abstract
This thesis compares two fictional accounts by Denis Diderot, examining how outsiders behave in foreign societies. The moral of the first story, Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville—it is best to abide by the rules of the society in which you live, even if you disagree—is first established, then applied to the second, more lengthy novel La Religieuse, where the title character ignores this idea of conformity with disastrous results. The possible motivations behind her ambivalent behavior are examined in an attempt to understand and explain her self-destructive stubbornness.
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James Creech (Advisor)
Pages
45 p.
Subject Headings
Literature, Romance
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Miller, A. K. (2004).
Morality, Sexuality and Conformity: Diderot's Outsiders Penetrate Foreign Societies
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1102042881
APA Style (7th edition)
Miller, Amanda.
Morality, Sexuality and Conformity: Diderot's Outsiders Penetrate Foreign Societies.
2004. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1102042881.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Miller, Amanda. "Morality, Sexuality and Conformity: Diderot's Outsiders Penetrate Foreign Societies." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1102042881
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