Bossuet face à La Vallière : la topique de la vanité, entre enjeux religieux et enjeux politiques
Bossuet versus La Vallière: the motives of vanity, between religious and political issues
Author(s): Nicolas PelletonSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Bossuet; homily; rhetoric; enunciation; vanity
Summary/Abstract: We will analyse the motives of vanity and of contempt of the world in Bossuet’s Carême du Louvre and Sermon pour la profession de La Vallière in both a topical and clearly enunciated perspective. The relationship between Louis XIV and La Vallière raises a religious and political issue: the motive of vanity is used by the preacher not only as a theological argument, but also as a political weapon. The motives of contempt of the world can’t do without the world itself: religious and political fields are constantly reflected on one other.
Journal: Quêtes littéraires
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 31-42
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French