Poor privacy of households: the case of La Femme inloyal de rétif de La Bretonne ; L'intimité dévoyée des ménages : le cas de La Femme infidèle de Rétif de La Bretonne
In La Femme inloyal, an epistolary novel published in 1786, a Retive of La Bretonne transposes his own conjugal dears, revealing in a very critical way the supposed private life of his wife. That study wonders about the moral and social assumptions justifying the conviction of the 'unfaithful woman' and, referring to the factors which have, from the outset, hampered or even shocked part of the readership of that novel, analyses the ways in which the retive representation is offered by the partner privity. ; International audience ; In La Femme inloyal, an epistolary novel published in 1786, a Retive of La Bretonne transposes his own conjugal dears, revealing in a very critical way the supposed private life of his wife. That study wonders about the moral and social assumptions justifying the conviction of the 'unfaithful woman' and, referring to the factors which have, from the outset, hampered or even shocked part of the readership of that novel, analyses the ways in which the retive representation is offered by the partner privity. ; Dans La Femme infidèle, un roman épistolaire publié en 1786, Rétif de La Bretonne transpose ses propres déboires conjugaux, dévoilant de manière très critique la vie privée supposée de son épouse. Cette étude s'interroge sur les présupposés moraux et sociaux justifiant la condamnation de la « femme infidèle » et, revenant sur les facteurs qui ont, d'emblée, gêné, voire choqué une partie du lectorat de ce roman, analyse les modalités de la représentation que Rétif propose l'intimité conjugale.