Portrait of male homosexuality in contemporary French-speaking novels for adolescents and young adults – France, Belgium and Quebec. ; Portrait de l’homosexualité masculine dans le roman francophone contemporain pour adolescents et jeunes adultes– France, Belgique et Québec.

Since the early 2000s, an increasing number of teenage novels represents homosexuality and makes the homosexual hero a fictional character. Should we conclude that mentalities are progressing by making sexual diversity a theme in children's literature or, on the contrary, that these representations actually perpetuate a stereotyped image of male homosexuality? Our study focuses on the representation of homosexuality, particularly through the homosexual male character, in contemporary French-language novels for adolescents. It approaches the topic in its social and geographical context. The spa... Mehr ...