DU SEL GUÉRISSEUR ? À PROPOS DU DISCOURS FACÉTIEUX DES HOMMES QUI FONT SALLER LEURS FEMMES À CAUSE QU’ELLES SONT TROP DOUCES
HEALING SALT? ABOUT THE FACETIOUS DISCOURSE OF MEN WHO MAKE THEIR WIVES DIRTY BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO GENTLE
Author(s): Irène SALASSubject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: Salt; Therapy; Farce; Facetiae; Marriage;
Summary/Abstract: Why did two publishers, one from Rouen and the other from Paris, decide to update an old medieval farce in 1600? Why was this farce renamed « facétie » when it went to print? The questions raised by this amusing play lead to three short investigations: about editorial strategies at the dawn of the 17th century; about the emergence of a female readership resisting rudeness and impoliteness; and, last but not least, about the therapeutic and metaphorical functions of salt — a comical remedy for mismatched spouses and an essential element of facetious discourse.
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 251-265
- Page Count: 15
- Language: French
- Content File-PDF
