Evolving Femininities in English and French Chick-Lit: Three Stages of Genre Development (1996–2025)

Tsapro, Galyna (2025) Evolving Femininities in English and French Chick-Lit: Three Stages of Genre Development (1996–2025) Закарпатські філологічні студії., 2 (43). с. 263-268. ISSN 2663-4899

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Анотація

From the late 1990s to the 2020s, English and French chick-lit changed in step with new social roles and expectations of women. Its history can be traced through three main stages: the years of formation (1996–2007), the years of reflection (2008–2016), and the period of renewal (2017–2025). Each stage shows a different tone and way of speaking about women’s experience, moving from irony and humour to sincerity and emotional awareness. The first stage, formed by Bridget Jones’s Diary, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and similar novels, presents humour and self-irony as a means of coping with the demands of urban life. The second stage, shaped by Me Before You and You Had Me at Hello, replaces consumer optimism with reflection, empathy, and moral choice. The most recent stage, marked by The Switch, Book Lovers, and Love Your Life, combines popular narrative forms with emotional sincerity and ethical attention. The French tradition follows the same line of transformation but moves towards calmness, stability, and collective values. Early translations of English novels prepared the ground for national versions of the genre created by Virginie Grimaldi, Aurélie Valognes, and Agnès Martin-Lugand. Their prose turns irony into kindness and transforms romantic plots into stories of care, understanding, and everyday balance. The research applies comparative literary, cultural, and gender analysis. The results show that chick-lit evolves from depictions of self-irony and consumption to emotionally centred fiction that values sincerity, moral awareness, and emotional maturity. The genre, while keeping its accessible form, has become a way of expressing human connection and ethical sensibility in modern culture.

Тип елементу :	Стаття
Ключові слова:	chick-lit; femininity; English literature; French literature; post-feminism
Типологія:	Статті у періодичних виданнях > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Підрозділи:	Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра англійської мови та комунікації
Користувач, що депонує:	доцент Галина Юріївна Цапро
Дата внесення:	12 Лют 2026 15:51
Останні зміни:	12 Лют 2026 15:51
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/56403

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