L’hypotypose dans les Nouvelles Histoires tragiques de Bénigne Poissenot
Hypotyposis in Nouvelles Histoires tragiques of Bénigne Poissenot

Summary/Abstract: In Nouvelles Histoires tragiques by Bénigne Poissenot, the frequency of hypotyposis helps to arouse different emotions in the reader’s heart. Indeed, quality of observation, painstaking precision, and the wealth of details drawn from “reality” impart to the narrative its full value. The author makes use of hypotyposis to create a “reality effect” which makes images more concrete and the scene more lively. His staging of human cruelty and the vicissitudes of fortune partakes of the dynamics of the text and has an impact on the reader’s imagination. Finally, the main interest of this figure of style seems particularly linked to the author’s both didactic and aesthetic project.

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