%0 Journal Article
%T The Ruses of “Yes” and “No”, or the Uncertainties of Sexual and Literary Consent
%A Merlin-Kajman, Hélène
%J Romanica Cracoviensia
%V Volume 24 (2024)
%R 10.4467/20843917RC.24.023.20417
%N Volume 24, issue 2
%P 259-269
%K Chénier, consent, desire, honor, pagan/Christian, rape, virginity, literarity
%@ 1732-8705
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/les-ruses-du-oui-et-du-non-ou-les-incertitudes-du-consentement-sexuel-et-litteraire
%X 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.