TY - EJOUR A1 - Martin, Christophe TI - “Babbling and the silence of all colors” - Babbling in the theater of Marivaux T2 - Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France 2 – 2020, 120e année, n° 2. Le pari du babil. Parler pour ne rien dire au siècle des Lumières JO - Revue d’Histoire littéraire de la France (ISSN 2105-2689), 14, 2 – 2020 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10565-7.p.0015 SN - 2105-2689 SP - 15 EP - 25 AB - In Marivaux’s theater, babbling produces not only a comic effect that condemns vain or indiscreet speech often associated with women or servants. It is also an eminently useful word, unveiling feelings that the main characters want to conceal or forget. Finally, if we consider this babbling in the context of an expressive theory of language, we can see how closely it is linked to the playwright’s own creative process. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/10 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Marivaux, comedy, silence, babbling, indiscretion, expressivity LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-d-histoire-litteraire-de-la-france-2-2020-120e-annee-n-2-le-pari-du-babil-parler-pour-ne-rien-dire-au-siecle-des-lumieres-babbling-and-the-silence-of-all-colors.html Y2 - 2024/05/17 ER -