Introduction:

• Text that precedes the articles of law = It presents the stakes of the articles.
• Written by Olympe de Gouge (OG), a woman of letters and theater, who wrote the DDFC = Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen, it is a pastiche of the DDHC (a serious copy that highlights the word "woman", therefore it is a feminine imitation).
• She uses an oratorical tone and it is a law text written in 1791.

Problematic:

We will see how Olympe de Gouge presents the importance of a feminine rewriting of the DDHC for the revolutionary people.

Outline:

1. Proclamation of a request for an audience
2. The exposition of women's rights and their purpose (lines 3-12)
3. Conclusion of the preamble and Article 2 of the DDFC pastiched