« Un vif sentiment de plaisir ». L’art de vivre à la marocaine selon Eugène Delacroix et Tahar Ben Jelloun
“A Vivid Feeling of Pleasure”. The Art of Living "à la Marocaine" According to Eugène Delacroix and Tahar Ben Jelloun

Author(s): Małgorzata Sokołowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, French Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Eugène Delacroix; Marocco; travel; Tahar Ben Jelloun; art of living
Summary/Abstract: The present paper focuses on the travel of Eugène Delacroix to Morocco (first six months of 1832) and his accounts given in his travel notes, letters and an unfinished travelogue, “Souvenirs d’un voyage dans le Maroc”. The writings of the famous painter are contrasted with the book by a Moroccan writer, Tahar Ben Jelloun, “Lettre à Delacroix” (2005). The aim of the paper is to define the art of living “à la marocaine” according to the French painter and the Moroccan writer. It is done in three parts. The first one is devoted to the beauty of Moroccan landscapes, horses and architecture. The second focuses on the art of dressing : the beauty of the inhabitants of the country and the elegance of their cloths. The last part discusses Moroccan traditions, based – according to Delacroix – on Antiquity.

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