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In Monnerot’s Shoes In Monnerot’s Shoes
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Athlétisme and Hamlétisme Athlétisme and Hamlétisme
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The Futurist Influence The Futurist Influence
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Bibliography Bibliography
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6 Dominique Braga’s Literary Stride
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Published:January 2022
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Cynthia Laborde investigates the representation of sports in children’s literature, especially in the stories about le Petit Nicolas and his friends, published as a series of books from 1960 to 1965 by author René Goscinny and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé. Her analysis focuses both on gender roles and on differences between adults’ and children’s views of athletic activities, using Barthes’ Mythologies and Of Sports and Men as reference points, and situating the stories within the social and cultural context of post-World War II France. She suggests that during this period—when urbanization produced rapid and dramatic changes in French society, as traditional communities were dismantled with families relocating to city centres in search of employment—sports provided a means of establishing a sense of community for children and adults alike. Sports also reflected and reinforced binary gender roles, and Laborde shows how Nicholas learns these gender performances through his parents’ actions and assertions about sports. She argues that the representation of sports throughout the Le Petit Nicolas series is characterized by a tension between two views: that of adults, for whom sports are a serious endeavour; and that of children, who do not distinguish between the game and real life.
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