A woman of thirty or so: the ages of the Constitution
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https://doi.org/10.21119/anamps.71.65-83Keywords:
Honoré de Balzac, Time and Law, Constitution, Resignification, Narrative.Abstract
This paper analyzes a so-called inconsistency in the novel A Woman of Thirty, by Honoré de Balzac: the age of Julie, the supposed leading character, does not fit the chronological framework of the narrative. Even though this inconsistency has been pointed as a possible a flaw in the creative process of the novel, it is hard to believe that, after many editions, Balzac himself would not have noticed the problem. Thus, this paper proposes a new interpretation of this apparent inconsistency, based on a different concept of time, supported by contemporary Physics, which accepts a certain simultaneously of past, present, and future. This concept also allows us to see the Constitution as a significative coexistence of the past we had and the future we wish to have in the present of the legal practice.
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