Du critère de la misogynie appliqué au XVIIe siècle : Le cas de La Bruyère

Far from excusing or accusing La Bruyère being a machist, this article wants to analyse the position of the author which is to consider women's defects as a literary and esthetic model, and then, to transcend this model in order to understand how, individually and collectively, women of the « ville » (as the City opposed to the Court) aspire to ord a « naturel » ethic, may be more than men. They are in a natural and social position to do so. Women can go further in this quest of« honnêteté » : they are sensitive and spontaneous, can be educated, and can relate to the ideal of« naturel » La Bruyère aims to present in his whole text.Biet Christian. Du critère de la misogynie appliqué au XVIIe siècle : Le cas de La Bruyère. In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, n°47, 1993. Misogynies. pp. 25-36