Abstract: This article deals with the possible links between Arthur Rimbaud’s “Le Bateau ivre” and “La Chanson du Coquillage,” a poem by Louis Ratisbonne, a children’s poet from the late nineteenth century. It is hypothesized that Ratisbonne, evoked by Rimbaud in a parodic and scatological way in the Album zutique, may have inspired Rimbaud’s “Le Bateau ivre.” This comparison makes it possible, among other things, to question the status of childhood and the child in Rimbaud’s poem.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
EAN:9782406123408
ISBN:978-2-406-12340-8
ISSN: 2105-2689
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12340-8.p.0047
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 11-10-2021
Periodicity: Quarterly
Language: French
Keyword: Louis Ratisbonne, Arthur Rimbaud, La Comédie enfantine, “Le Bateau ivre”, intertextuality, Album Zutique, children’s literature, children’s poetry
