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THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PAUL SCOTT, University of Kansas
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PAUL SCOTT, University of Kansas 1. GENERAL Orientalism and discussions of identity and alterity form part of an identifiable trend in our field during the coverage of the two calendar years. Another strong current is the concept of libertinage and its literary and social influence. In terms of the first direction, Nicholas Dew, Orientalism in Louis XlV's France, OUP, 2009, xv+301 pp., publishes an overview of what he terms 'baroque Orientalism' and explores the topos through chapters devoted to the production of texts by d'Herbelot, Bernier, and Thevenot which would have an important reception and influence during the 18th century. The network of the Republic of Letters was crucial in gaining access to and studying oriental works and, while this was a marginal presence during the period, D. reveals how the curiosity of vth-c. scholars would lay the foundations of work that would be drawn on by the philosophes. Duprat, Orient, is an apt complement to Dew's volume, and A. Duprat, 'Le fil et la trame. Motifs orientaux dans les litteratures d'Europe' (9-17) maintains that the depiction of the Orient in European lit. was a common attempt to express certain desires but, at the same time, to contain a general angst as a result of incorporating scientific progress and territorial expansion. Brian Brazeau, Writing a New France, 1604-1632: Empire and Early Modern French Identity, Farnham, Ashgate, 2009, x +132 pp., selects the period following the end of the Wars of Religion because this early period of colonization gave rise to some of the most enthusiastic accounts as well as the fact that they established the pioneering debate for future narratives. -
On the Passions of Kings: Tragic Transgressors of the Sovereign's
ON THE PASSIONS OF KINGS: TRAGIC TRANSGRESSORS OF THE SOVEREIGN’S DOUBLE BODY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH THEATRE by POLLY THOMPSON MANGERSON (Under the Direction of Francis B. Assaf) ABSTRACT This dissertation seeks to examine the importance of the concept of sovereignty in seventeenth-century Baroque and Classical theatre through an analysis of six representations of the “passionate king” in the tragedies of Théophile de Viau, Tristan L’Hermite, Pierre Corneille, and Jean Racine. The literary analyses are preceded by critical summaries of four theoretical texts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in order to establish a politically relevant definition of sovereignty during the French absolutist monarchy. These treatises imply that a king possesses a double body: physical and political. The physical body is mortal, imperfect, and subject to passions, whereas the political body is synonymous with the law and thus cannot die. In order to reign as a true sovereign, an absolute monarch must reject the passions of his physical body and act in accordance with his political body. The theory of the sovereign’s double body provides the foundation for the subsequent literary study of tragic drama, and specifically of king-characters who fail to fulfill their responsibilities as sovereigns by submitting to their human passions. This juxtaposition of political theory with dramatic literature demonstrates how the king-character’s transgressions against his political body contribute to the tragic aspect of the plays, and thereby to the -
Jean Racine (1639-1699)
Jean Racine (1639-1699) Biographie ean Racine (22 décembre 1639 à 21 avril 1699) naquit à la Ferté Milon, dans l'Aisne. Issu d'un milieu bourgeois plutôt, il fut orphelin de mère à 2 ans et de père à 4 ans. Il fut alors J (1643) recueilli par ses grands-parents maternels. Les relations avec l'abbaye janséniste de Port-Royal imprégnèrent toute la vie de Racine. Il y subit l'influence profonde des «solitaires» et de leur doctrine exigeante. L'une de ses tantes y fut religieuse ; sa grand-mère s'y retint à la mort de son mari (1649). L'enfant fut alors admis aux Petites Écoles à titre gracieux. Deux séjours dans des collèges complétèrent sa formation : le collège de Beauvais (1653-1654) et le collège d'Harcourt, à Paris, où il fit sa philosophie (1658). À 20 ans, nantis d'une formation solide mais démuni de biens, Racine fut introduit dans le monde par son cousin Nicolas Vitart (1624-1683), intendant du duc de Luynes. Il noua ses premières relations littéraires (La Fontaine) et donna ses premiers essais poétiques. En 1660, son ode la Nymphe de la Seine à la Reine, composée à l'occasion du mariage de Louis XIV, retint l'attention de Charles Perrault. Mais, pour assurer sa subsistance, il entreprit de rechercher un bénéfice ecclésiastique et séjourna à Uzès (1661-1663) auprès de son oncle, le vicaire général Antoine Sconin. Rentré à Paris en 1663, il se lança dans la carrière des lettres. 140101 Bibliotheca Alexandrina Établi par Alaa Mahmoud, Mahi Rabie et Salma Hamza Rejetant la morale austère de Port-Royal et soucieux de considération mondaine et de gloire officielle, Racine s'orienta d'abord vers la poésie de cour : une maladie que contracta Louis XIV lui inspira une Ode sur la convalescence du Roi (1663). -
Introduction to Friz's Analyses of Racine's Plays
Introduction to Friz’s Analyses of Racine’s Plays The famous French playwright Jean Racine (1639–1700) was an important mod- el for Andreas Friz. His role in Friz’s letter on tragedies has already been dis- cussed in the general introduction to this book. The current appendix will elucidate Friz’s analysis of the dramatic works of the French-Classicist play- wright. Friz’s Analysis tragaediarum Racini takes up the first part (f. 1r–74v) of manuscript ms 938, in which also the letter on tragedies is included. It analyses most of Racine’s plays: La Thébaïde ou Les Frères Ennemis (1664), Alexandre Le Grand (1665), Andromaque (1667), Britannicus (1669), Bérénice (1670), Bajazet (1672), Mithridate (1673), Iphigénie (1674), Phèdre (1677), Esther (1689) and Athalie (1691). Only the comedy Les Plaideurs (The Litigants, 1668) is missing, which can be explained by the fact that it was a farce, while the others are all tragedies. From Friz’s letter on tragedies, his aversion of the genre of the farce is clear. Esther is discussed in the original 5-act version that Racine wrote for the girls’ school of Saint Cyr, and not the now more famous 3-act version. This 5-act version was also included in contemporary editions of Racine’s collection of works, which were Friz’s source for these plays. In the following introduction, the structure, contents and sources of these analyses will be discussed, taking a closer look at the example of one of Racine’s most famous plays, Phèdre, and comparing this to the other anal- yses. -
A Tool for Literary Studies: Intertextual Distance and Tree Classification
A Tool for Literary Studies : Intertextual Distance and Tree Classification Cyril Labbé, Dominique Labbé To cite this version: Cyril Labbé, Dominique Labbé. A Tool for Literary Studies : Intertextual Distance and Tree Classifi- cation. Literary and Linguistic Computing, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2006, 21 (3), pp.311-326. halshs-00092099 HAL Id: halshs-00092099 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00092099 Submitted on 26 May 2008 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Cyril Labbé Grenoble I University [email protected] Dominique Labbé Grenoble II University [email protected] A Tool for Literary Studies Intertextual Distance and Tree Classification Draft of the paper published in : Literary & Linguistic Computing , 2006, Volume 21, 3, p. 311-326. Abstract How to measure proximities and oppositions in large text corpora? Intertextual distance provides a simple and interesting solution. Its properties make it a good tool for text classification, and especially for tree-analysis which is fully presented and discussed here. In order to measure the quality of this classification, two indices are proposed. The method presented provides an accurate tool for literary studies -as is demonstrated by applying it to two areas of French literature, Racine's tragedies and an authorship attribution experiment. -
Britannicus, Tragédie
BRITANNICUS TRAGÉDIE RACINE, Jean 1670 Publié par Gwénola, Ernest et Paul Fièvre, Septembre 2015 - 1 - - 2 - BRITANNICUS TRAGÉDIE Jean Racine À PARIS, Chez CLAUDE BARBIN, au Palais, sur le second perron de la Sainte Chapelle. M. DC LXX. AVEC PRIVILÈGE DU ROI - 3 - À MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC DE CHEVEREUSE MONSEIGNEUR, Vous serez peut-être étonné de voir votre nom à la tête de cet ouvrage ; et si je vous avais demandé la permission de vous l'offrir, je doute si je l'aurais obtenue. Mais ce serait être en quelque sorte ingrat que de cacher plus longtemps au monde les bontés dont vous m'avez toujours honoré. Quelle apparence qu'un homme qui ne travaille que pour la gloire se puisse taire d'une protection aussi glorieuse que la vôtre ? Non, MONSEIGNEUR, il m'est trop avantageux que l'on sache que mes amis mêmes ne vous sont pas indifférents, que vous prenez part à tous mes ouvrages, et que vous m'avez procuré l'honneur de lire celui-ci devant un homme dont toutes les heures sont précieuses. Vous fûtes témoin avec quelle pénétration d'esprit il jugea l'économie de la pièce, et combien l'idée qu'il s'est formée d'une excellente tragédie est au-delà de tout ce que j'ai pu concevoir. Ne craignez pas, MONSEIGNEUR, que je m'engage plus avant, et que n'osant le louer en face, je m'adresse à vous pour le louer avec plus de liberté. Je sais qu'il serait dangereux de le fatiguer de ses louanges, et j'ose dire que cette même modestie, qui vous est commune avec lui, n'est pas un des moindres liens qui vous attachent l'un à l'autre. -
Views of 1 If E Str U~Gl Ing for Expression
TYPES OF HEROINES IN THID ~RENCH ROMANTIC DRAMA: A COMPARISON WITH THE H~ROINES OF RACINE AND CORNEILLE • .A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Master of Arts BY Della Roggers Maidox, B. A. -- - . - - ... - - -- --.. - - ....... ·- ~ ;.: ~ ;~;~;-~~~.~-:~ - - - - - - - - -- - - - .. ... .. - THE OHIO-STATE UNIVERSITY -- 19 :20 BIBLIOGRAPHY I. French Sources Histoire da la Langue et ]e la Litterature Fran9aise Vols. IV, V, and VII Petit de Julleville. Drama Ancien, Drame Moderne Emile Faguet. Les 3rands Maitres du XVII~ Siecle, Vol V, IDmile Faguet. Histoire de la Litterature Fran9aise Brunetiere. Le Mouvement Litt~raire ju XIX! Sihcle t'ellissier. Le Rialisme iu Ro~a~ti3me Pellissier. Histoire ie la Litterature Fran9aise Abr Y..1 A11 Uc et Crou z;et Les Epoques iu Theatre Fran9ais• Bruneti~re~ Les Jranis Eorivains 'ran9ais~~Raoine .Justave Larroumet. " II " " Boilea11 Lanson. Histoire iu Romantisme Th6o~hile Gautier. ld(es et Doctrines Litteraires du XrII' Siecle Vial et Denise. n " II II " XIX ' ti Vial et Denise. Histoire de la Litt~rature Fran9aise, Vols.II,III " " " " " Lanson. Portraits Litteraires, Vol I Sainte-Beuve. CauserEes de Lunii Sainte-Beuve. De La Poesie Dramatique, Belles Lettres, Vol. VII Diderot. L'Art Poetique Boi l'eau. Racine et Victor Hugo P. Stapfer. La Poetique de Racine Robert. Les Granis IDcrivains Fran9ais--Alex. Dumas,P~re Parigot. II. English Sources Rousseau and Romanticism Irving Babbitt. Literature of the French Renaissance, Vols. I and II Tilley. Annals of the· French Stage, Vols. II ani III Hawkins. The Romantic Revolt Vaughan. The Romantic Triumph Omond. Studies in Hugo's Dramatic Characters Bruner. Main Currents of Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol.III Brandes~ History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Beers. -
The Search for Mithridates. Reception of Mithridates VI Between the 15Th and the 20Th Centuries
The Search for Mithridates. Reception of Mithridates VI between the 15th and the 20th Centuries Lâtife Summerer “dont les seuls défaites ont fait presque toute la gloire de trois plus grands capitaines de la république” Jean Racine, Mithridate Introduction “Il n’y a guère de nom plus connu que celui de Mithridate”. This is a quotation from the preface of Jean Racine’s tragedy Mithridate, which was published in 1673. Today, more than three hundred years later nobody would agree with this. Familiarity with Mithridates seems to have decreased enormously since the 17th century. But what was the reason for the high level of recognition enjoyed by the last Pontic king at this time? What knowledge of Mithridates did people living in Europe in the middle of the 17th century have? How did they perceive and interpret the historical facts found in the ancient written sources? What opinions did Mithridates elicit in scholarly and popular think- ing? Through which imagined constructs was knowledge of the last Pontic king generated? This paper deals with the reception of Mithridates between the 15th and the 20th centuries. The last Pontic king was the subject of scientific works as well as a source of inspiration in popular literature and opera over these cen- turies. My aim is to show how certain historical facts involving Mithridates were used, distorted, overlooked and finally constructed into positive and negative images of him. In order to understand the changes that occurred over time it is necessary to focus our attention not on Mithridates, but on those who have interpreted him.1 775200_mithridates_3k.indd5200_mithridates_3k.indd 1155 112-04-20092-04-2009 114:13:254:13:25 16 Lâtife Summerer Mithridates as the epitome of multilingualism Throughout the centuries, curious legends about the extraordinary intellectual achievement of the last Pontic king have been told. -
The Body and the Senses in Racine's Theatre
The Body and the Senses in Racine’s Theatre Carolyn Hammond Rosen Royal Holloway, University of London PhD 1 Declaration Of Authorship I Carolyn Rosen declare that this thesis and the work presented in it are my own and has been generated by me as the result of my own original research. The Body and the Senses in Racine’s Theatre ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I confirm that: 1. This work was done wholly or mainly while in candidature for a research degree at Royal Holloway, University of London; 2. Where any part of this thesis has previously been submitted for a degree or any other qualification at this University or any other institution, this has been clearly stated; 3. Where I have consulted the published work of others, this is always clearly attributed; 4. Where I have quoted from the work of others, the source is always given. With the exception of such quotations, this thesis is entirely my own work; 5. I have acknowledged all main sources of help; 6. Where the thesis is based on work done by myself jointly with others, I have made clear exactly what was done by others and what I have contributed myself; 7. None of this work has been published before submission. Signed: Carolyn Rosen……………………………………………………………… Date: ………20 December 2015……………………………………………… 2 Abstract The Body and the Senses in Racine’s Theatre Until now, critics have not made full use of the perceptual awareness with which Racine endows his characters. This particular consciousness lends itself to a study inspired by phenomenology. Racine’s characters are fascinating because their language and action speak to the dramatist’s sophisticated portrayal of embodied sense experience. -
Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE Harriet Stone Address: Office Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Washington University in St. Louis Box 1077 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Email: [email protected] Education: Brown University, 1977-82 Doctor of Philosophy, Comparative Literature, 1982 New York University, 1975-76 Master of Arts, Comparative Literature, 1976 Wellesley College, 1971-75 Bachelor of Arts, French and English, 1975 Study Abroad Dissertation Research, Paris, 1980-81 Université de Paris III, 1976-77 University of Pittsburgh Program in Rouen, 1974 Experience: Washington University, 1983-date Professor of French and Comparative Literature, 2000-date Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 2010-2013 Chair, Committee on Comparative Literature, 2007-2010 (on leave Spring, 2009); Interim Chair, 2006-2007 Director, Master of Liberal Arts (MLA), Fall, 2001-Spring, 2018 and Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) Programs, University College, Fall, 2011-Spring, 2018. Assistant Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 2001-2003 Associate Professor of French, 1990-2000 Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, 1991-2000 Assistant Professor of French, 1983-90 Stone 2 Courses Given: Seventeenth-Century France Classical Connections: France and Holland, Classical Identities, Classical Perspectives, Court Culture in Classical France, Classical Theater: Corneille, Racine, and Molière, The Court of Louis XIV, The Epistolary Novel, The Evolution of the Novel, Knowledge and the Identity of the Subject in Early Modern Texts, Order in the Court of Louis XIV, Portraits of Love/Portraits of Power, Precious Objects: The Classical Age's Inheritance from the Literature and Art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Prose Texts: Moralists, Novelists, Philosophers, Racine, Literature's Relation to the Scientific Experiment of Seventeenth-Century France. -
Chance in the Tragedies of Racine
Campbell, J. (2009) Chance in the tragedies of Racine. In: Lyons, J. and Wine, K. (eds.) Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France. Ashgate, pp. 111-122. ISBN 9780754664352 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/24349/ Deposited on: 11 February 2010 Enlighten – Research publications by members of the University of Glasgow http://eprints.gla.ac.uk John Campbell, ‘Chance in the Tragedies of Racine’, in Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France , ed. by John Lyons and Kathleen Wine (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2009), pp. 111-22. Chance in the tragedies of Racine Is the outcome of Racine’s tragedies decided by a throw of the dice? Put like this, the question invites skepticism, if not derision. Racine? Chance would be a fine thing! The reaction is understandable. Of all the great tragedies in world literature that are still performed and read, those of Racine are commonly presented as deliberately logical structures, pieces of intricate dramatic clockwork in which chance has no place. Georges Forestier has argued persuasively that these plays are carefully constructed in order to arrive at a preordained conclusion, seen as the starting-point of the playwright’s whole creative endeavor.1 Other critics have tried to demonstrate how Racine arouses interest and emotion through a carefully worked plot, and without any reliance on the gratuitous. 2 After all, are chance and coincidence not defining characteristics of melodrama? 3 And melodrama might seem, on the face of it, at an uttermost remove from Racine’s tragedies, with their Aristotelian hinterland, severely 1 See Racine, Théâtre, Poésie , ed. -
Britannicus, Berenice, Bajazet), with Parallels in Sartre
Reilly, Mary (1997) The language of power relationships in Racine (Britannicus, Berenice, Bajazet), with parallels in Sartre. PhD thesis http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6549/ Copyright and moral rights for this thesis are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the Author The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the Author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given. Glasgow Theses Service http://theses.gla.ac.uk/ [email protected] Mary Reilly THE LANGUAGE OF POWER RELATIONSHIPS IN RACINE (BRITANNICUS, BERENICE, BAJAZEn, WITH PARALLELS IN SARTRE A Ph.D thesis for the Faculty of Arts of the University of Glasgow June 1997 For my mother, Margaret, and the memory of my father, Edward (1942-95) ABSTRACT This study is concerned with the way in which Racine, particularly through his use of language, dramatises areas of tension inherent in the concept of power. Considering three plays from Racine's middle period (}3ritannicus, Bajazet and Berenice), Chapter One seeks to uncover the basis of political power. Taking as its starting point the ambivalence underpinning the term legitimacy, Section A examines the foundations of power in the sense of political and moral authority. Section B in turn looks at the implications of these findings for the nature and operation of power, while Section C highlights the discrepancy between real and imagined power, by raising the all important question as to its locus.