The beginning of Mes Mémoires stresses the racist prejudices of which Dumas and his father were victims, from a head-on reference to this stigmatization to a humorous distanciation. This ambivalence can be found again in the significant motif of savagery. It is used to orchestrate the narration of Dumas' childhood and early youth, a youth caracterized by freedom and a relative lack of acculturation; this motif then appears, in a heroic and comic fashion, when the author arrives in Paris; finally, it can be found in the heart of the creative imaginary forged by Dumas with the goal of establishing himself both as the paragon of the Romantic writer and a counter-model.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-16441-8
EAN:9782406164418
ISSN: 2275-2986
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-16441-8.p.0075
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 02-07-2024
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Dumas, Mes Mémoires, autobiography, savagery, heroic and comic fashion, identity