FÉNELON AND THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS. A SHORT NOTE ON SOME ENDURING ANCIENT TOPOI

dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB THEOL. CATH. LATINA, Volume 61 (LXI), No. 1, June 2016, pp. 71-86en-US
dc.creatorZAMFIR, Korinna
dc.date2016-06-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T23:03:35Z
dc.descriptionThis paper discusses François Fénelon’s treatise on the Education of Girls (De l’éducation des filles, 1687) focusing on the presence of common Greco-Roman topoi regarding the education of women. These concern the reasons for which girls should be educated, the curriculum they should follow and the flaws of female nature that should be kept in mind in the process. Some ideas pick up arguments already voiced by Xenophon, Musonius Rufus, and Plutarch. In spite of his moderately progressive educational views, Fénelon uses these topoi to reinforce traditional gender roles. To the savante he opposes the modest, self-effaced woman dedicated to household management.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologialatina/article/view/4801
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/3135
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologialatina/article/view/4801/4516
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2016 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica Latinaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica Latina; Volume 61, No. 1, 2016; 71-83en-US
dc.source2065-944X
dc.source1582-2524
dc.subjecteducation of women, François Fénelon, De l’éducation des filles, Xenophon, Musonius Rufus, Plutarch, virtues, household management.en-US
dc.titleFÉNELON AND THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS. A SHORT NOTE ON SOME ENDURING ANCIENT TOPOIen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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