De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne

In his essay “On the paternal affection for children” Montaigne (himself a father and a magistrate greatly experienced in succession cases) proposes a critical revision of the topos of the relations between parents and children. The analysis we submit here starts with the letter to the Countess, fir...

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Main Author: Nadine Kuperty-Tsur
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: University of Tel-Aviv 2010-10-01
Series:Argumentation et Analyse du Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/aad/1006
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spelling doaj-2a9001335f864ebca665164f949bbfb52020-11-24T21:17:12ZfraUniversity of Tel-AvivArgumentation et Analyse du Discours1565-89612010-10-01510.4000/aad.1006De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez MontaigneNadine Kuperty-TsurIn his essay “On the paternal affection for children” Montaigne (himself a father and a magistrate greatly experienced in succession cases) proposes a critical revision of the topos of the relations between parents and children. The analysis we submit here starts with the letter to the Countess, first nucleus of the essay. We then try to show how the argumentation proceeds, from the value of maternal love to that producing forth a literary/philosophical work, with paternal love as the intermediary link. The negotiation of values comes to an end when the monological discourse of the essay is substituted for the dialogical discourse of the correspondence: the address is obliterated, and the essay offers a new definition of fatherhood.http://journals.openedition.org/aad/1006biological paternityEssais (Montaigne)misogynynatural lawspiritual paternity
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De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne
Argumentation et Analyse du Discours
biological paternity
Essais (Montaigne)
misogyny
natural law
spiritual paternity
author_facet Nadine Kuperty-Tsur
author_sort Nadine Kuperty-Tsur
title De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne
title_short De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne
title_full De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne
title_fullStr De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne
title_full_unstemmed De la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez Montaigne
title_sort de la paternité biologique à la paternité littéraire : étapes d’une argumentation chez montaigne
publisher University of Tel-Aviv
series Argumentation et Analyse du Discours
issn 1565-8961
publishDate 2010-10-01
description In his essay “On the paternal affection for children” Montaigne (himself a father and a magistrate greatly experienced in succession cases) proposes a critical revision of the topos of the relations between parents and children. The analysis we submit here starts with the letter to the Countess, first nucleus of the essay. We then try to show how the argumentation proceeds, from the value of maternal love to that producing forth a literary/philosophical work, with paternal love as the intermediary link. The negotiation of values comes to an end when the monological discourse of the essay is substituted for the dialogical discourse of the correspondence: the address is obliterated, and the essay offers a new definition of fatherhood.
topic biological paternity
Essais (Montaigne)
misogyny
natural law
spiritual paternity
url http://journals.openedition.org/aad/1006
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