Disabled powers - Couverture souple

Howells, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9051835833 ISBN 13 : 9789051835830

Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2004

Synopsis

HOWELLS, R. DISABLED POWERS. A READING OF THE CONTES OF VOLTAIRE'S "CONTES". AMSTERDAM, 1993, 192 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is a reading of the Romans et Contes of Voltaire in the light of Bakhtin's concept of the Carnivalesque. Part I of this study establishes a paradigm for the twenty-six Contes. It focuses on generic patterns and a thematics of disablement. Part II offers carnivalesque readings of two tales, Le Monde comme il va and Candide. The last Part considers successively six of the later Contes, including L'Ingénu and Jenni, and the historical changes in consciousness that they reflect. The shift towards bourgeois realism is evident in the rise of sentiment and the patriarchal family on the one hand, materialism on the other. These tales exhibit an increasingly deep ambivalence towards corporality. In conclusion the study traces the changing forms of the carnivalesque figure, from geometrical to vitalist, within the Contes as a whole.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 9051835833
• ISBN 13: 9789051835830
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192