La construction de la masculinité au contact de la femme racialement « autre » chez Gil Courtemanche et Dany Laferrière

The study considers the rapport between men and women of opposing races in two Quebecois novels, one by G. Courtemanche and one by D. Laferrière. It examines the construction of masculinity in contact with a woman who is « doubly » other, who is both desired and held at a distance, even violated. The main function of the female lover or girlfriend is to increase the prestige and virility of the protagonist, while the narrative voice and focalisation succeed in sanctifying the primacy of the masculine.