L’Ode de Victor Hugo sur le sujet lituanien : Question du genre
Ode by Victor Hugo and the Lithuanian folk song: The problem of genre

Summary/Abstract: A great French romanticist, Victor Hugo, revived the genre of ode presenting new forms of ‘personal’ and ‘visionary’ odes. He expanded its concept with the introduction of folklore elements that were not allowed in the classical ode. The first example of it was “The 17th Ode to a Young Girl” (from the collection “Odes et Ballades”, 1826) with the epigraph of several lines from Lithuanian folk song. This song was taken from the collection of folk songs published by Herder in 1778. While comparing the song with Victor Hugo’s ode there appear some similarities and differences between the two genres of literature. However it becomes obvious that the song had influence on the ode’s form. This is the first attempt to analyze the impact of foreign folklore on Victor Hugo’s romantic ode.

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