Éros éclairé ? Entre connaissance de l’amour et l’amour comme connaissance, des contes de fées au conte de Crébillon fils
Eros clarified? Between knowing about love and love as knowledge, from fairy tales to the story of Crébillon fils.
Author(s): Anne SteinbergSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Summary/Abstract: Éros devient incontournable dans le siècle de la « volupté », ancré tour à tour dans la rationalisation des philosophes ou dans la féerie persistante d’un genre encore considéré comme frivole : le conte. Véhicule à la fois des idéaux en phase et en marge des Lumières, il révèle chez Crébillon fils la potentialité expérimentale de la littérature. // Eros becomes undeniably prominent in a century described as the century of “volupté”. This concept is anchored in the philosophers’ rationalization as well as in the lingering fairy land encountered in a genre still considered as frivolous : the tale.In turns, the tale is a vehicle of the ideals claimed by the Enlightenment leaders or is in opposition to them, revealing nonetheless with Crébillon fils, the potentiality of literary experimentation.
Journal: ALKEMIE. Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 119-136
- Page Count: 17
- Language: French
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