The Beauty and the Beast and the challenges of a new insight on masculinity: La Mécanique du Coeur by Mathias Malzieu

  • Natalia González de la Llana Fernández Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2013.v30.n2.45713
Keywords: The Beauty and the Beast, La Mécanique du cœur, Mathias Malzieu, fairy tales, Edward Scissorhands

Abstract

This article talks about Mathias Malzieu’s novel La Mécanique du coeur, as a modern version of the fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast, comparing it as well with Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissorhands. These works of fiction invert some basic elements of the traditional story and they offer a new insight on masculinity.

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González de la Llana Fernández N. (2014). The Beauty and the Beast and the challenges of a new insight on masculinity: La Mécanique du Coeur by Mathias Malzieu. Revista de Filología Románica, 30(2), 325-336. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2013.v30.n2.45713
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Vol. 30 No. 2 (2013)
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Varia

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