Et si la Vie de Jésus était vraiment un roman? Renan entre histoire et littérature
What if the Life of Jesus was really a novel? Renan between History and Literature

Author(s): Pierre-Yves Kirschleger
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: novel genre; controversy; history; literature; christianism; Ernest Renan
Summary/Abstract: Ernest Renan’s "Vie de Jésus" [Life of Jesus] was an extraordinary scandal, a literary event. The book is often compared to Victor Hugo’s "Misérables" [The Wretched], one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Renan’s work seeks to be scientific, but it is frequently considered to be a masterpiece of literature: Renan uses (and abuses) images, poetic imagination, aesthetic reflections, sensitive handwriting… What if the "Life of Jesus" was really a novel?

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