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L’Eco-féminisme dans Les Choses : Une Histoire des années soixante de Georges Perec

Abstract

Georges Perec is a 20th century French writer known for his works on experimental literature. As a member of the literary movement OULIPO, his works are anchored on literary experimentation where he works on themes of loss, memory, identity, happiness, exploitation etc. having lost his parents at a young age during the Second World War, themes of loss and emptiness are omnipresent in all his works. He expresses these sentiments through the use of literary constraints.in his work Les Choses, he reflects on the superficiality of the modern society and the manner in which material possessions can replace more profound aspirations. The novel describes the daily life of a young couple, Jerome and Sylvie. They think of a good life for themselves tying it to material things they have and the ones they aspire to acquire. Eco-feminism is an approach that explores the intersections between the oppression of women and the exploitation of nature putting evidence on the how these two forms of oppression are interdependent. The theory pleads for a transformation towards equal rights and preservation of women and nature. In this work we have read the novel Les Choses and using the theory of ecofeminism, we have analyzed the novel and come to the conclusion that even though Perec is not an ecofeminist theorist and has not depicted it in this novel but his work can be read at the angle of ecofeminism. It reveals the plurality of George Perec and the innovative nature of his writings.