Abstract

In Stendhal’s The Red and the Black, the second leading female character Mathilde appears a quite “monstrous” young woman yet with fascination. She is neither mystery nor enigma but simply of a psychological sex a “man+woman woman” in my concept, a dilemma typical of Her as Other as an Object meanwhile so self-consciously struggling for subjectivity, for transcendence. Noble, proud, passionate, a little hysteric, obsessed with fantasy. There buried, repressed deep, and, “hidden skilfully” in her is the “120% of ‘masculinity’ in her femininity”. She takes efforts to behave like a woman, yet she seeks to realize her transcendence in the man she loves. Though the man, Julien, shares with her the same wild imagination and ambition, though they both are addicted to dream of heroism, he finally comes to the point of not loving her any more, for he gets tired of heroism. Mathilde loses in the war, for she fights, but fights in order to realize her heroism in love, in her lover, a man. Key words: psychological sex; sex war; French Feminism; transcendence; rival Resume: Dans Le Rouge et le Noir de Stendhal, le deuxieme personnage feminin Mathilde semble plutot une monstrueuse jeune femme avec fascination. Dans mon concept, elle n'est ni mystere ni enigme, mais simplement d'un sexe psychologique homme + femme un dilemme typique d’Elle et d’Autre comme un Objet, et en meme temps elle lutte avec une auto-conscience pour la subjectivite et la transcendance. Noble, fiere, passionnee, un peu hysterique, obsedee par la fantaisie. Il y est enterree, refloulee profondement et dissimulee habilement en elle une 120% de masculinite dans sa de feminite. Elle prend des efforts pour se comporter comme une femme, mais elle cherche a realiser sa transcendance a l'homme qu'elle aime. Bien que cet homme, Julien, partage avec elle la meme imagination sauvage et l'ambition, et qu’ils soient adonnes au reve de l'heroisme, il finit enfin par ne plus l’aimer, car il se fatigue de l'heroisme. Mathilde perd la guerre. Elle se bat, mais elle se bat pour realiser son l'heroisme dans l'amour, chez son amant, un homme. Mots-Cles: sexe psychologique; la guerre de sexe; le feminisme francais; transcendence; rival

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