thesis

Baudelaire et la culture classique

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1990

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Institution:

Toulouse 2

Disciplines:

Literature

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Abstract EN:

In the work of charles baudelaire, classical culture (as it manifests itself in french literature between 1549 and 1715) plays a very important part. The component elements of this culture are thought again, taken up and often recast by the poet; in baudelaire's view, modernity is inseparable from tradition. Baudelaire reaches the limits of the classical culture but remains below the breaking point where modernity comes in.

Abstract FR:

Dans l'oeuvre de baudelaire, la culture classique (telle qu'elle se manifeste dans les oeuvres litteraires francaises ecrites entre 1549 et 1715) a un role tres important. Les elements de cette culture sont repenses, utilises, souvent transformes par le poete; pour baudelaire, la tradition et la modernite sont inseparables. Baudelaire arrive aux limites de la litterature classique, mais reste en-deca de la rupture moderne.