TY  - EJOUR
A1  - Routisseau, Marie-Hélène
TI  - Three Christmas Motifs - Poetics and Deconstruction of a Part of Western Imaginary
T2  - La Revue des lettres modernes 2022 – 11. Noël entre magie blanche et magie noire
JO  - La Revue des lettres modernes (ISSN 0035-2136), 2022 – 11
DO  - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14361-1.p.0105
SN  - 0035-2136
SP  - 105
EP  - 117
AB  - The magic of Christmas lays the basis for an unreal experience close to hypotypose. Magic of a dreaming animism, this longing for the unreal shows in motives which bear witness to the existence of a ritualized imaginary world torn between two cultures: the sacred and the profane. Considering that the figure of Father Christmas is first and foremost part of a folkloric and fun image, it is not surprising that its tradition should gain momentum as the importance of the sacred wanes and the industrialization of cultural products makes it long-lasting. In that respect, the snow, miraculous on account of its metaphysical dimension and its merry plasticity, reenacts the power of a meditative, enchanted image. According to popular culture, love is meant to spread and thus acts as a structural power which would make a disenchanted world intelligible, the magic of Christmas finally comes from the development of human relations.
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/11/30
DP  - Classiques Garnier
PB  - Classiques Garnier
CY  - Paris
KW  - Santa Claus, snow, imaginary, magic, belief, incredulity, rituality, love, miracle.
LA  - fre
UR  - https://classiques-garnier.com/la-revue-des-lettres-modernes-2022-11-noel-entre-magie-blanche-et-magie-noire-three-christmas-motifs.html
Y2  - 2024/07/17
ER  -