A Brief Feminist Analysis of Beauvoir's Les Inséparables through the Lens of Dual-Narrative
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Simone de Beauvoir’s novel Les Inséparables employs a "dual-narrative" structure to explore the symbiotic yet conflicted friendship between two girls. The mirror-like relationship between the dual female protagonists serves as an allegory for female self-awareness: Sylvie breaks free from patriarchal constraints to construct her subjectivity, while Andrée resists through tragic self-destruction. Drawing on Lacan’s mirror stage theory and feminist perspectives, this paper analyzes the characters and their relationships under the dual-narrative framework, revealing the feminist ethos embedded in the text.
DOI: 10.54691/106vh824
Author: Yuzhu Yao
Institution: Soochow University
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409393309