TRANSCENDENCE OF THE CELESTIAL ANDROGYNOUS - SÉRAPHÎTA, HONORÉ DE BALZAC
TRANSCENDENCE OF THE CELESTIAL ANDROGYNOUS - SÉRAPHÎTA, HONORÉ DE BALZAC

Summary/Abstract: In this study, we want to present the angelic being in the novel Séraphîta by Honoré de Balzac. The novel appeared in 1834, and is framed in the category of fantastic novels, it presented to us the concept of perfect man who has a privileged state. With this novel, Balzac brings the theme of the perfect man to the forefront, who becomes the primordial archetype for our condition. Séraphita/Séraphitus is the perfect androgynous, who seems to be caught in the world in order to learn what love is because his purpose is to transcend to another stage. In the eyes of others, this being seems to be detached from the sky, and as soon as she is near the mountain, Minna sees Séraphitus, and when he comes down from the beatitude he is in, the others see Séraphita. But this creature has been promised to heaven since birth, her body being a temple. Eventually he becomes a Seraphim, and Minna and Wilfrid are the witnesses at his entrance to the Holy Gate, and they become the pair of the tellurian plan.

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