La révolte et la croix : Paul Claudel de La Ville

Boštjan Marko  Turk

La révolte et la croix : Paul Claudel de La Ville

Publication date: 19.11.2021

Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 21 (2021), Volume 21, Issue 3, pp. 187 - 196

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843917RC.21.019.14191

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La révolte et la croix : Paul Claudel de La Ville

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The revolt and the cross : Paul Claudel from La Ville

The second variant of La Ville, written in the light of conversion in 1886, bears the marks of readings made by the author at a crucial moment in the evolution of his thought. Apart from the declared animosities (towards Renan and Taine, above all), the spirit of revolt, as well as the reminiscences of the natural disaster, bring to mind Claudel’s enthusiasm for the Illuminations. But that’s not the only source of inspiration. Claudel, in the throes of conversion, introduces the Judeo-Christian narrative to thwart the enigma of predestination. La Ville is also based on Christian eschatological symbols : at the end of the drama these allow the son of the poet (Coeuvre) and his muse (Lâla) to carry out the general conversion. The kingdom of heaven is now, mutatis mutandis, within the reach of humankind.

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Paul Claudel, La Ville, Renan, Taine, Rimbaud, Illuminations, symbolic figures, death, conversion, cross

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Information: Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 21 (2021), Volume 21, Issue 3, pp. 187 - 196

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20843917RC.21.019.14191

Article type: Original article

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La révolte et la croix : Paul Claudel de La Ville

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The revolt and the cross : Paul Claudel from La Ville

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Boštjan Marko Turk

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3253-2664

Université de Ljubljana

Published at: 19.11.2021

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