La théorie du juste milieu dans les Mémoires de Philippe de Commynes
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Abstract EN:
In the prologue of his memoirs, philippe de commynes's purpose is to relate the louis eleventh reign in an authentic and unbiased way. But once the various elements which make up his historical record have been considered closely (style, description of people and their psychology, explanatory and critical digressions, factual accounts, incursion of the first person narration, the use of chronology), the permanence of the golden mean as a contrasted and well-estimated account of life seems to present perfectly the ambiguity of the world and at the same time it allows the author to reconstruct reality in his own favour in spite of the betrayal episode and to achieve a genuine literary work.
Abstract FR:
Dans le prologue des memoires, philippe de commynes se propose de raconter le regne de louis onze de maniere authentique et impartiale. Cependant, apres examen des differentes composantes du discours historique (style, descriptions psychologiques et physiques, digressions explicatives ou critiques, relation evenementielle, incursions du "je", utilisations du temps), il semble que la permanence du juste milieu qui se veut un expose contraste et equilibre de la vie, outre qu'elle reflete parfaitement l'ambiguite du monde, permet en fait a l'auteur de reconstruire le reel en sa faveur, malgre l'episode de la trahison, et de composer une veritable oeuvre litteraire.