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| Article Name : | | | The theme of promiscuity in Emile Zola's Novel “Nana” | | Author Name : | | | Gulab Jha | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-1029 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The subject of licentious women has fired the imagination of novelists, artists and historians spanning immeasurable time zones. The idea of a woman using her body as a paid profession has forever caused a great deal of controversy, especially when women were not supposed to explicitly demonstrate or act upon their sexual desire which was tantamount to gross transgression of the codes of morality. The exposition of debauchery or the 'wanton' women has been explored in French literature as early as the 15th century by Francois Villon. The theme had been dealt with more intensity and sheer brilliance by the eminent French Novelist Emile Zola in Nana and Gustave Flaubert in Madame Bovary. | | Keywords : | | |
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