Le dénouement dans la tragédie classique
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Abstract EN:
The seventeenth century in france is above all the century for theatre. It is in the works of racine that french tragedy is shown at its supreme beauty and greatest perfection. Our study sets out to examine which elements are implied in the denouement in as much as concerns the characters and the themes, as his own choice in each of the plays from the six authors (tristan l'hermite, jean mairet, p. Corneille, jean rotrou, th. Corneille and ph. Quinault) who are renowned in the history of theatre in the seventeenth century, favouring above all the eleven tragedies of racine, from la thebaide to athalie. We have also tried to show how each author has resolved, in different ways, the problems inherent in this denouement, in trying to penetrate the universe of each of these authors of drama, through the study of their results.
Abstract FR:
Le xviie siecle francais est surtout le siecle du theatre. C'est dans l'oeuvre de racine que la tragedie francaise arrive a sa supreme beaute et a sa plus grande perfection. En privilegiant avant tout les onze tragedies de racine de la thebaide a athalie, notre etude s'est proposee d'examiner quels elements sont impliques dans le denouement, tant en ce qui concerne les personnages et les themes, que son choix propre dans chacune des pieces des six auteurs (tristan l'hermite, jean mairet, p. Corneille, jean rotrou, th. Corneille et ph. Quinault) qui ont marque l'histoire du theatre au xvee siecle. Nous avons egalement montre comment chaque auteur a resolu, par des moyens differents, les problemes inherents a ce denouement en essayant de penetrer l'univers de l'auteur dramatique a travers ses resultats.