Vérités romantiques et dévoilements tragiques

Vérités romantiques et dévoilements tragiques

The existential sadness, which is the great theme of Romantic literature, implies a mistrust towards the power of truth, a mistrust towards the possibility that this truth could assert itself in the real world. It is a powerful constant that at this time comes over the whole field of literature in a...

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Main Author: Silvia Lorusso
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Seminario di filologia francese 2020-11-01
Series:Revue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises
Subjects:
Romantic Literature
misunderstanding
ruse
truth
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rief/6571
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spelling doaj-db3f04aed8e54482af617ad21de3078e2020-12-08T17:25:12ZfraSeminario di filologia franceseRevue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises2240-74562020-11-011010.4000/rief.6571Vérités romantiques et dévoilements tragiquesSilvia LorussoThe existential sadness, which is the great theme of Romantic literature, implies a mistrust towards the power of truth, a mistrust towards the possibility that this truth could assert itself in the real world. It is a powerful constant that at this time comes over the whole field of literature in an obsessive way. Starting from Rousseau’s heritage, this article finds this constant in some works of Constant, Cottin, Mérimée, Musset, Stendhal and Balzac. The lie, the misunderstanding, the ruse corrupt social and personal relationships and the disclosure of the truth does not manage to restore them: it always has a tragic outcome.http://journals.openedition.org/rief/6571Romantic Literaturemisunderstandingrusetruth
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ruse
truth
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title_full Vérités romantiques et dévoilements tragiques
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publisher Seminario di filologia francese
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publishDate 2020-11-01
description The existential sadness, which is the great theme of Romantic literature, implies a mistrust towards the power of truth, a mistrust towards the possibility that this truth could assert itself in the real world. It is a powerful constant that at this time comes over the whole field of literature in an obsessive way. Starting from Rousseau’s heritage, this article finds this constant in some works of Constant, Cottin, Mérimée, Musset, Stendhal and Balzac. The lie, the misunderstanding, the ruse corrupt social and personal relationships and the disclosure of the truth does not manage to restore them: it always has a tragic outcome.
topic Romantic Literature
misunderstanding
ruse
truth
url http://journals.openedition.org/rief/6571
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