TY - ECHAP A1 - Mouton, Marguerite TI - La Légende des siècles ou l’éclatement de l’épique T3 - Rencontres M1 - 173 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06070-3.p.0017 SN - 978-2-406-06070-3 SP - 17 EP - 30 AB - This paper examines the notion of “explosion” undergone by the epic genre in Victor Hugo’s La Légendes des siècles as a twofold phenomenon: not only the dislocation and dispersion into a multitude of “small epics” announced by the book’s subtitle, but more essentially a redefinition of the epic as a specific mode of seeing the world. Such a fresh approach is studied in the light of Auerbach’s and Staiger’s theories about the epic considered as a mode of exteriorisation and elucidation. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/09/20 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/la-conversation-des-genres-melanges-et-circonvolutions-la-legende-des-siecles-ou-l-eclatement-de-l-epique-en.html Y2 - 2024/07/11 ER -