Piété ou impiété ? Le dilemme de Jephté entre bestialité et divinité dans la tragédie latine Iephthes siue Votum (1554) de George Buchanan
Piety or impiety ? Jephtha’s dilemma between bestiality and divinity in George Buchanan’s Latin tragedy Iephthes siue Votum (1554)
Author(s): Carine FERRADOUSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Latin drama, Renaissance, bestiality, piety, George Buchanan, théâtre latin, Renaissance, bestialité, piété, teatru latin, Renaştere, bestialitate, pietate
Summary/Abstract: The paradigm of wild animals is recurrent through George Buchanan’s Latin sacred tragedy Iephthes siue Votum printed in Paris by Guillaume Morel in 1554, always in relation to Jephtha’s stubbornness: he wants to fulfill towards God a deadly vow which is contrary to natural, divine and human laws. A lexicological analysis of the paradigm throws light on Buchanan’s opinion about piety – a most polemical notion during the Renaissance – and more generally speaking about the place of Humankind in the universe created by God.
Journal: Studii de Ştiinţă şi Cultură
- Issue Year: X/2014
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 47-56
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French
