Relire pour nous relier by Cassandre Martigny

“…Through a comparative study of three rewritings of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex – The Name of Oedipus (1978) by Hélène Cixous, Jocaste (1981) by Michèle Fabien and Jocaste Reine (2009) by Nancy Huston – this article shows how the myth of Jocasta has been enhanced by new interpretations arising from dialogues between these works and with those of their predecessors. …”
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Le cru de l’écrit ou les archives de la sauvagerie by Alice Delmotte-Halter

“…Hélène Cixous has a passion for manuscripts. In two interviews she told us of the importance of writing by hand, on a table. …”
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Vulnerability and Shame in the Writing of the Female Body: Emilie Pine’s Notes to Self by Lucía Bennett-Ortega

“…The second part of the analysis explores how Pine’s style of writing leads to the reclaiming of the female body along the lines of what Hélène Cixous (1976) advocates in her influential essay ‘The Laugh of the Medusa.’ …”
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