This article examines the portrait of Marie in Toussaint (M.M.M.M., ed. de Minuit, Paris, 2017) and asks how Marie is represented as a woman in the tetralogy. The study shows that although Marie is portrayed as a modern, independent woman, she is also presented with different gender-stereotyped characteristics. The theoretical and methodological approach to this topic will be based on Simone de Beauvoir’s The second sex (1949), in particular the chapter “Myths” that focuses on women and myths in a historical perspective. Another question the article raises is what may be the author’s intention by playing with stereotyped characteristics. I will argue that the author exposes a modern woman’s ambivalent situation in our patriarchal society. Furthermore, that he writes within a literary tradition that gives a stereotyped representation of women as part of the collective myths.

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让-菲利普·杜桑 (Jean-Philippe Toussaint) 的四部曲 MMMM (2017) 中玛丽的性别刻板印象

本文研究了杜桑 (MMMM, ed. de Minuit, 巴黎, 2017) 中玛丽的肖像，并询问玛丽如何在四部曲中被描绘为女性。研究表明，虽然玛丽被描绘成一个现代、独立的女性，但她也呈现出不同的性别刻板印象。该主题的理论和方法论方法将基于西蒙娜·德·波伏娃 (Simone de Beauvoir) 的《第二性》(The second sex) (1949)，特别是从历史角度关注女性和神话的“神话”一章。文章提出的另一个问题是，作者玩弄刻板印象的意图可能是什么。我会争辩说，作者揭露了现代女性在我们父权社会中的矛盾处境。此外，