For Georges Darien, a Belle Epoque author, the fault as subject is very important and appears frequently in his theatre. Religious or moral, the fault allows to show the portrayal of a phoney middle class bourgeoisie. The variety of approaches to the fault, confirmed by Zola and Mirbeau intertexts, allows to catch Darien’s point of view which is emblematic of fin de siècle literature.
CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée