The Poetics of the Resistance between the Medieval Tradition and Modernity for a Cultural Re-armament in Le Crève-Cœur by Louis Aragon Cover Image

La poétique de la résistance entre tradition médiévale et modernité pour un réarmement culturel dans Le Crève-Cœur d’Aragon
The Poetics of the Resistance between the Medieval Tradition and Modernity for a Cultural Re-armament in Le Crève-Cœur by Louis Aragon

Author(s): Kouakou Bernard Aho
Subject(s): French Literature
Published by: Universitatea Tehnică "Gheorghe Asachi" din Iaşi
Keywords: aesthetics; modernity; cultural re-armament; the Resistance; medieval tradition

Summary/Abstract: Le Crève-Cœur (The Heartbreak) by Louis Aragon approaches the Resistance by drawing from the Renaissance heritage to reach the modernity in the humanist spirit called to consolidate the bases of French culture. Resting on socio-criticism and stylistics, the results of the present reflection have shown that, faced with the asphyxiation of values and the obsession of freedom, the resistance of the traditional poetic forms rises in the form of new aesthetics and ethics. The medieval tradition becomes a cultural re-armament used for the judgments present in contemporary history. Poetic action and resistant action unite in revolt to reach a new humanism.

  • Issue Year: 63/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-21
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French