Mona Ozouf, literature and feminism

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Mona Ozouf, French historian and writer, in studio at RFI (February 2020). © RFI / Pauline Leduc

By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

Mona Ozouf is a philosopher and historian. Author with François Furet of the "Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution", she has published some thirty books. At the dawn of her nineties, Mona Ozouf comments on a collection of her texts published under the title "To make life lighter, books, women, manners" (Stock).

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Cover of the collection of texts by Mona Ozouf © Stock

“Why literature ? Because literature provides us with gifts that we do not have. It immediately provides us with ubiquity. Thanks to literature, we live in countries, cities where we have never set foot. Thanks to literature, we can go back to bygone times. There is a kind of immense freedom that comes from reading books, which we don't have. The multiplication of existence in literature is a precious opportunity. "

This volume contains the main broadcasts made by Mona Ozouf on “Réïque”, under the direction of Alain Finkielkraut: on women and the singularity of their writing; on books as "homeland"; on French gallantry; on civility; on the Pantheon; on the French Revolution; on Henry James; on George Eliot. The partners with whom she talks here are Diane de Margerie, Claude Habib, Pierre Manent, Geneviève Brisac, Philippe Belaval, Philippe Raynaud, Patrice Gueniffey.

A whole intellectual journey is drawn here, from her founding work on the French Revolution to what she calls her “beautiful escapes” in literature. (Presentation of Stock editions )

(Replay of March 6, 2020)

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