La conversion des genres littéraires dans la poésie de Paulin de Nole
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Abstract EN:
Thematically, carm. 15, 17, 25 and 31 of paulinus of nola can be linked to a number of literary genres of classical antiquity. But his christian faith, his conversion to asceticism and the particular requirements of the occasions for which these poems were written - the feast of st. Felix, nicetas' departure, the nuptials of julian and titia, the death of little celsus - led the poet to convert the uita, the propempticon, the epithalamium and the consolatio. As a result , each of these poems acquires a clearly spiritual meaning : praise of the saintly man and of urban monasticism (carm. 15); praise of christian friendship and description of the spiritual voyage of the miles christi (carm. 17) exhortation to lead a chaste life within the spiritual marriage (carm. 25); the importance of faith, penitence and of good works as a means of gaining eternal life and of being reunited with the deceased (carm. 31).
Abstract FR:
Les carm, 15, 17, 25 et 31 de paulin de nole se rattachent par leur thematique a des genres litteraires classiques. Mais , sa foi chretienne, sa conversion a l'ascetisme et les exigences particulieres des occasions pour lesquelles ces poemes ont ete composes - la fete de saint felix, le depart de nicetas, le mariage de julien et de titia, la mort du petit celse - ont amene le poete a convertir la vita, le propempticon, l'epithalame et la consolatio. Dans chacun de ces poeme s, le resultat est une signification nettement spirituelle : eloge des exploits de l'homme saint et du monachisme urbain (carm, 15); eloge de l'amitie chretienne et description du voyage spirituel du miles christi (carm, 17); exhortation a la chastete et eloge du mariage spirituel (car. 25); mise en valeur de la foi, de la penitence et des oeuvres de charite comme moyen d'acceder a la vie eternelle et de revoir le decede dans l'au-de-la. (carm, 31).