@article{0193b5da-437d-701b-9caa-6c7fcc723513, author = {Hélène Merlin-Kajman}, title = {The Ruses of “Yes” and “No”, or the Uncertainties of Sexual and Literary Consent}, journal = {Romanica Cracoviensia}, volume = {Volume 24 (2024)}, number = {Volume 24, issue 2}, year = {2024}, issn = {1732-8705}, pages = {259-269},keywords = {Chénier; consent; desire; honor; pagan/Christian; rape; virginity; literarity}, abstract = {Taking as its starting point a controversy over the interpretation of a poem by Chénier in which some readers saw the representation of a rape, this article examines the historicity of the signs of female sexual consent and the issues of a literary reading that allows for confusion and vacillation, characteristics that are conducive to education in a sexuality that is itself based on consent.}, doi = {10.4467/20843917RC.24.023.20417}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/les-ruses-du-oui-et-du-non-ou-les-incertitudes-du-consentement-sexuel-et-litteraire} }