Chateaubriand et la vanité : varietas ou pari pascalien ?
Chateaubriand and Vanity: Varietas or Pascalian Bet?
Author(s): Marie-Christine Alix Garneau de l’Isle-AdamSubject(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: vanity; Pascal; Montaigne; La Rochefoucauld; Rousseau; Retz
Summary/Abstract: Chateaubriand’s work is a paradox: he was accused of being vain although he endlessly fought against vanity; he used all the meanings of the word vanity, this, contrary to contemporaneous writers or predecessors like Rousseau and Retz. Hence these questions: Should we reduce his work to a vain and egocentric rhetorical exercise full of brilliance and profusion, varietas, or should we consider its author as the heir of a moralist like Pascal and therefore an “incomprehensible monster” during his century.
Journal: Quêtes littéraires
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 64-75
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French