%0 Journal Article %A Muirden, Sallie %D 2017 %T Magical Allegory in Marie Darrieussecq’s novel Pig Tales (1996): Piggy Debauchery in Postcolonial France %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Magical_Allegory_in_Marie_Darrieussecq_s_novel_Pig_Tales_1996_Piggy_Debauchery_in_Postcolonial_France/5005025 %R 10.4225/03/592254a03d902 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8432978 %K Marie Darrieussecq %K French literature %K postcolonialism %K Literature in French %X This article presents an analysis of Marie Darrieussecq's first novel Pig Tales, which was initially published in France in 1996, where it became a bestseller. Pig Tales was subsequently translated into many languages, bringing the novel and its young French author international acclaim. In the process of making a case for reading the novel as an allegory, early sections of the article examine the ways in which Pig Tales displays allegorical characteristics. Subsequent sections consider aspects of post-feminist, postmodern and postcolonial France that Darrieussecq may be responding to, and satirising, through the use of her central allegorical trope – the representation of a human being as an animal. %I Monash University