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The Opoponax
novel by Wittig
Also known as: “L’Opoponax”
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discussed in biography
- In Monique Wittig
Her first novel, L’Opoponax (1964; The Opoponax), is an examination of childhood experiences viewed through the consciousness of a rebellious young girl in a convent school. Its unorthodox, minimally punctuated, and nonchronological narrative established Wittig’s course as a writer. She sought to avoid traditional forms and accepted devices, the use…
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French literature
- In French literature: Feminist writers
The novel L’Opoponax (1964; The Opoponax) is a brilliant account of the making of a feminine subject, from childhood to adolescence. Le Corps lesbien (1973; The Lesbian Body), a violent, sadomasochistic, and lyrical text of prose fiction, is a unique attempt to evoke in its own language the body…
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