VOL. 59, BOOK 1, PART B, 2021, pp. 80-91 Full text (Fr)
Author:
Sonya Aleksandrova-Koleva
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
The text aims to reveal some of the weaknesses of perceiving one’sown face compared to that of a foreigner in the prose-fiction works of Maupassant. For this purpose we analyze novelsand stories dedicated to Algeria and the Arabs, with an especial emphasis Alloumaas well as on the otherness of female character. Exploring a foreigner’s characteristics, we encounter initial duality in the description which affords approaching closer the foreigner’s, and moving away from one’s own, image. In addition, an impression of compassion to a foreigner’s problems arises while critique of one’s own emerges.
Key words: Maupassant, otherness, foreigner, female character
