Abstract EN:

After his death, octave mirbeau (1848-1917) has often been considered e as a frantic or incoherent man. In fact, during his whole life, he evinced a surprising coherence: in his individuality (he is a struggler, a rebel, an idealist, a supersensitive man ), as well as in his political and , aesthetical struggles, and in his literary works. After beding a "proletarian of letters" during some twelve years, he began his own "redemption" by devoting himself to justice and beauty. In his chronicles, short stories, novels and comedies, he tries to open his readers, eyes. In order to realize such a "glance revolution", he is a pratical exponent of "revelation aesthetics" (complete subjectiveness, derision, "demysti-n" , fication"). In order to come out of the dead-locks of contemporary noveln" and theatre, he opened new ways, where impressionism and expressionism are mixed. He opened new ways, where impressionism and expressionism