TY - JOUR
TI - The Possibility of an Island, or Sylvain Maréchal's The Final Judgment over the Kings (1793)
AU - Matyaszewski, Paweł
TI - The Possibility of an Island, or Sylvain Maréchal's The Final Judgment over the Kings (1793)
AB - 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.
VL - 2020
IS - Numéro 22
PY - 2020
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 71
EP - 88
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.20.009.12427
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/la-possibilite-dune-ile-ou-le-jugement-dernier-des-rois-de-sylvain-marechal-1793
KW - Sylvain Maréchal
KW - theatre
KW - utopia
KW - island
KW - space