Declaration in the work of Giraudoux Comments on Jean-Paul Sartre’s article “M. Jean Giraudoux et la philosophie d’Aristote” (Jean Giraudoux and the philosophy of Aristotle)

Sartre’s article on Choix des Élues, comparing Giraudoux’s world to that of Aristotle, sheds light on the concept of “declaration,” which appears in plays, novels, and essays alike. But far from revealing a world beyond temporality (as Sartre argues), the notion instead appears as a central factor in the dramatization of his work.