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Frédéric Bon
HOW THE « DEMOISELLE D'AVIGNON » IS MADE, by FRÉDÉRIC BON The television series entitled « La demoiselle d'Avignon » conveys a petit bourgeois ideology. In its banality, this assertion could be abundantly developed, filled in and illustrated. But although not false, it is not meaningful since it can be applied indiscriminately to all fairy-tale productions for popular consumption. In contrast to this viewpoint, which blends the whole of the production into a single mystifying project, the singular quality of the work should be stressed. The updating of the narrative logic which gives the measure to this series, as in a myth or story, reveals its « special lesson » : matrimonial exchange must be balanced ; it occurs between groups of men who exchange wives, not the reverse, and in addition it is not right for the wife to have a higher social standing than her husband. This apart, it is true that the world of « La demoiselle d'Avignon » is mystifying in that students are discreet, families united, and strikes nonexistent ; but what fairy-tale ever had anything to do with reality ? [Revue française de science politique XXVII (4-5), août-octobre 1977, pp. 643-667.]
COMMENT EST FAITE « LA DEMOISELLE D'AVIGNON », par FRÉDÉRIC BON Le feuilleton télévisé, La demoiselle d'Avignon, véhicule une idéologie petite-bourgeoise. Cette assertion, dans sa banalité, pourrait être abondamment développée, étoffée et illustrée. Mais, pour n'être pas fausse, elle tourne court puisqu'on peut l'appliquer, indifféremment, à toute la production féerique à usagé populaire. Au rebours de cette perspective, qui noie l'ensemble de cette production dans un unique projet mystificateur, il convient de privilégier la singularité de l'œuvre. La mise à jour de la logique narrative qui, comme dans le mythe ou dans le conte, ordonne ce feuilleton, permet de déceler sa « leçon particulière » : l'échange matrimonial doit être équilibré ; il se déroule entre des groupes d'hommes qui échangent des femmes et non l'inverse et, subsidiairement, il ne convient pas que la femme ait un statut social supérieur à son mari. A part cela, il est vrai que l'univers de La demoiselle d'Avignon est mystificateur puisque les étudiants y sont sages, les familles unies, les grèves inexistantes, mais quel conte a jamais parlé de la réalité ? [Revue française de science politique XXVII (4-5), août-octobre 1977, pp. 643-667.] HOW THE DEMOISELLE AVIGNON IS MADE FR RIC BON The television series entitled La demoiselle Avignon conveys petit bourgeois ideo logy In its banality this assertion could be abundantly developed filled in and illustra ted But although not false it is not meaningful since it can be applied indiscriminately to all fairy-tale productions for popular consumption In contrast to this viewpoint which blends the whole of the production into single mystifying project the singular quality of the work should be stressed The updating of the narrative logic which gives the measure to this series as in myth or story reveals its special lesson matrimo nial exchange must be balanced it occurs between groups of men who exchange wives not the reverse and in addition it is not right for the wife to have higher social stan ding than her husband This apart it is true that the world of La demoiselle Avignon is mystifying in that students are discreet families united and strikes non existent but what fairy-tale ever had anything to do with reality Revue fran aise de science politique XXVII 4-5) août-octobre 1977 pp 643-667.1
