Presentation
"Le Diable est dans l'Escalier" : Demonizing the French Female Concierge
Contemporary French & Francophone Studies 2016 Conference, [St. Louis, MO]
(2016)
Abstract
This research analyzes the negative portrayal of an iconic figure of modern French society — the apartment building concierge — in two literary works from mid-20th-century France, “Échec à la concierge” by André de Richaud and Paris au mois d’aoûtby René Fallet.
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 19, 2016
Citation Information
Mariah Devereux Herbeck. ""Le Diable est dans l'Escalier" : Demonizing the French Female Concierge" Contemporary French & Francophone Studies 2016 Conference, [St. Louis, MO] (2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mariah_devereux_herbeck/19/