Narcissism, abjection and the reader(e) of Simone de Beauvoir's Les Belles Images.(Critical essay) Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature | January 1, 2008| | COPYRIGHT 2008 Kansas State University, Department of Modern Languages. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Discussions of Simone de Beauvoir's last novel, Les Belles Images (1966), tend to be in the mode of apology. The characters are shallow--runs the typical claim--the plot (essentially, Laurence's gradual awakening to her own "belle image" identity of feminine cliches as fulfilled wife, devoted mother, successful professional) flimsy and predictable. Yet, in studying a specular dynamic of narcissism and abjection within the novel, we become aware of the discomforting ways in which our own scorn for Laurence and her world is anticipated by the text. As we attend upon the ...

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