%0 Journal Article
%T The Possibility of an Island, or Sylvain Maréchal's The Final Judgment over the Kings (1793)
%A Matyaszewski, Paweł
%J Cahiers ERTA
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/23538953CE.20.009.12427
%N Numéro 22
%P 71-88
%K Sylvain Maréchal, theatre, utopia, island, space
%@ 2300-4681
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/la-possibilite-dune-ile-ou-le-jugement-dernier-des-rois-de-sylvain-marechal-1793
%X The article covers the analysis of the concept of space in Sylvain Maré ‐ chal's play Jugement dernier des rois [The Final Judgement over the Kings], written during the French Revolution. The action of the play takes place on an island which serves as a prison, first for the enemies of the monarchy, then for the enemies of the Revolution. The idea of the prison island, a place of punishment and evilness, breaks with an utopian concept of an island being a sanctuary and the source of happiness for a perfect society (Thomas More). It envisages the history of the XIXth century and the fortunes of Napoleon at Saint Helena as well as the story of Edmond Dantès presented in a famous novel The Count of Monte Cristo written by Dumas.