Écho des études romanes 2006, 2(2):45-55 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2006.019
Le personnage racinien - élément intertextuel, tel que l’affirment les préfaces des tragédiesFrench
- Université « Stefan cel Mare » Suceava
The Racinian character - an intertextual element, as stated in the prefaces to the tragedies
The essence of the tragedies in the XVII-th century French classicism consisted of both following in the footsteps of the Ancients and distancing themselves from them, in the attempt to accomplish formal perfection. Jean Racine's work is illustrative for this aesthetic credo. This article is structured on two levels. The former presents the institutionalised context where Racine writes, with the constraints this framework entails for his creative process, while the latter analyses Racine's allegiance and transgression to the general principles presiding over the coming into being of tragic characters, as stated by the writer himself in the prefaces to his tragedies.
Keywords: Racine; 17th century; French classicism; tragedy; preface
Published: December 11, 2006 Show citation
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