« Je ne me suis jamais senti bien parmi les hommes » Valeurs masculines et discours aporétique dans l’œuvre de Michel Houellebecq

Gender discourses in Michel Houellebecq’s work are paradoxical. It seems at first glance that the author acclaims what he considers to be feminine values – love, compassion, and altruism – and severely criticizes what he considers to be masculine values : violence, egoism, and competition. The protagonists of his novels, who are all men, do not, however, represent these so-called masculine values…