L’Imaginaire de la vie et de la nature dans l’œuvre de Célestin Freinet
The Imaginary of Life and Nature in Célestin Freinet’s Work

Summary/Abstract: The author proposes a mythical and symbolic analysis of Célestin Freinet’s work, in which the imaginary of life and nature is dominated by vegetal symbolism, as well as by the myths of Apollo and Dionysus. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to read his work using key-concepts of myth analysis (Gilbert Durand). Instead of a radiographic portrait, the aim here is to identify and interpret the mythical traces of the ideologemes that are part of the ideologemic décor of Célestin Freinet’s work. In the last part of this article, the author questions the usefulness of this effort as far as education sciences are concerned, with a view to understanding the pedagogic thinking of Célestin Freinet and the educational thinking of the New Education.

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