Gilbert cesbron, romancier chretien
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Université Stendhal (Grenoble)Disciplines:
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Abstract EN:
Gilbert cesbron is a christian novelist, but is not out to make converts or to use his writings as a platform for spreading the word. A work of art is essentially a certain way of viewing humanity, and the outlook of gilbert cesbron is that of a committed christian. It is clear that in his essays or his work of journalist, his decisions and his choices of commitments are based upon the gospel. On the other hand, in his novels this influence is less direct. The characters that he develops are not all believers. However, their destiny can only be explained in the light of the faith. Thus, the novelist and the christian militant have the same outlook: christ is present in gilbert cesbron's work as he is present in today's world: invisible but evident.
Abstract FR:
Quelle est l'incidence des convictions religieuses de g. Cesbron sur son oeuvre romanesque? la biographie de ce chretien convaincu (1e partie) apparait profondement faconnee par sa foi. Il est clair, aussi, qu'au fil de ses "oeuvres a la premiere personne" (essai, articles), sa reflexion elabore une theologie qui lui est propre. (2e partie). L'influence du christianisme sur cet univers romanesque apparait tres evident dans le choix des personnages et l'evocation de leur psychologie: pretres, religieuses, militants, catechumenes ou convertis (3e partie) enfin, plus profondement encore, les convictions de gilbert cesbron modelent la structure de ses romans: trajectoire narrative, rythme du recit, symbolisme des images. . . (4e partie) en annexe de l'etude, on trouvera une presentation analytique des romans et l'edition d'une nouvelle inedite ou l'influence evangelique apparait evidente.