Published: 2021-03-31

“Little enigmatic idol with dreamy long narrow eyes”. Orientalist Stereotypes in Le Harem entr’ouvert by A.-R. de Lens

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Abstract

The present paper describes some orientalist stereotypes concerning women and manifesting themselves in Le Harem entr’ouvert (1919), a short story collection by Aline Réveillaud de Lens (1881–1925), a French painter and writer, whose works are devoted mainly to North Africa. The paper focuses on three, most common, stereotypical representations of the Oriental woman according to which she is, firstly, a beautiful odalisque serving the man; secondly, extremely sensual and thus unfaithful and, finally, jealous and, sometimes, very cruel. The author attempts to explain the origins of those representations and to answer the question why A.-R. de Lens used them in her writings

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Sokołowicz, M. (2021). “Little enigmatic idol with dreamy long narrow eyes”. Orientalist Stereotypes in Le Harem entr’ouvert by A.-R. de Lens. Romanica Silesiana, 16(2), 200–210. https://doi.org/10.31261/RS.2019.16.19

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2019)
Published: 2021-05-28


ISSN: 1898-2433
eISSN: 2353-9887

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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