From All-Seeing to Absent: The Female Concierge in 20th-Century French Literature and Film

Mariah Devereux Herbeck

Research output: Contribution to conferencePresentation

Abstract

Following a summary of ways the French female concierge has seen / been seen in French culture, literature and film, this presentation will analyze her role of privileged observer in Simenon’s 1933 novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire and subsequent elimination from the novel’s two filmic adaptations,Panique (Julien Duvivier, 1946) and Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte, 1989).
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 11 Nov 2017
Event115th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association - Honolulu, HI
Duration: 11 Nov 2017 → …

Conference

Conference115th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Period11/11/17 → …

EGS Disciplines

  • Film and Media Studies
  • French and Francophone Literature

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'From All-Seeing to Absent: The Female Concierge in 20th-Century French Literature and Film'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this