La mélancolie est-elle curable ? Les fonctions thérapeutiques de la fiction théâtrale
This study envisages the representation of melancholy in seventeenth-century French and Spanish drama as the basis of a reflection on the relation between disease and therapy. The distinction between comic and more “serious” melancholy conditions the possibility of a cure as well as the tragic statu...
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doaj-cf38cb2f56584c988d8b7d51d21170ae2020-11-25T01:13:37ZengInstitut du Monde AnglophoneEtudes Epistémè1634-04502009-10-011610.4000/episteme.679La mélancolie est-elle curable ? Les fonctions thérapeutiques de la fiction théâtraleAnne TeuladeThis study envisages the representation of melancholy in seventeenth-century French and Spanish drama as the basis of a reflection on the relation between disease and therapy. The distinction between comic and more “serious” melancholy conditions the possibility of a cure as well as the tragic status of the plays, thus showing that there is a link between therapy and the genre of these works. The representation of the cure on stage as a treatment administered to the hero can be seen as a mise en abyme effect, as it also offers a reflexive discourse on the relationship between the play and the spectators.http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/679 |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone |
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This study envisages the representation of melancholy in seventeenth-century French and Spanish drama as the basis of a reflection on the relation between disease and therapy. The distinction between comic and more “serious” melancholy conditions the possibility of a cure as well as the tragic status of the plays, thus showing that there is a link between therapy and the genre of these works. The representation of the cure on stage as a treatment administered to the hero can be seen as a mise en abyme effect, as it also offers a reflexive discourse on the relationship between the play and the spectators. |
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