Presentation
From All-Seeing to Absent: The Female Concierge in 20th-Century French Literature and Film
115th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
(2017)
Abstract
Following a summary of ways the French female concierge has seen / been seen in French culture, literature and film, this presentation will analyze her role of privileged observer in Simenon’s 1933 novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire and subsequent elimination from the novel’s two filmic adaptations,Panique (Julien Duvivier, 1946) and Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte, 1989).
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 11, 2017
Location
Honolulu, HI
Citation Information
Mariah Devereux Herbeck. "From All-Seeing to Absent: The Female Concierge in 20th-Century French Literature and Film" 115th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mariah_devereux_herbeck/24/