TY - JOUR
TI - The construction of social space through sound. An analysis of a passage from Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris
AU - Goulet, Alizée
TI - The construction of social space through sound. An analysis of a passage from Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris
AB - Notre-Dame de Paris is a novel marked by the people’s clamor, the bells’ music and the sounds of battle. In an effort to understand how sounds play a crucial part in the creative process of Hugo’s work, we will analyze chapters of Notre-Dame de Paris relating to “la grand’salle”. During the play and the election of the Pope of Fools (taking place in “la grand’salle”), people originating from all social spheres are gathered in the same space, which is favorable for verbal exchanges that underline the struggles between them – established by the particulars of their speech. In this space, different sounds (rumors, shouts, noises) destroy and reinforce social distances at the same time, creating an evershifting space of boundaries, both physical and social.
VL - 2021
IS - Numéro 25
PY - 2021
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 33
EP - 56
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.20.022.13546
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/espace-sonore-espace-social-analyse-dun-extrait-de-notre-dame-de-paris-de-victor-hugo
KW - XIXth century
KW - literature
KW - soundscape
KW - society
KW - space