TY - EJOUR A1 - Bierce, Vincent TI - “Les élus de Dieu sont en petit nombre” - Balzacian spirituality and inner life T2 - The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac 2019, n° 2. L'intériorité / Interiority JO - The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac (ISSN 2649-2571), 2, 2019 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09607-8.p.0129 SN - 2649-2571 SP - 129 EP - 146 AB - This article shows how romanesque representation in La Comédie humaine transforms the characters into real subjects differentiated by their faith. To do this, Balzac distinguishes inner being from outer being, develops a theorization of the interiority of the characters through their differentiated access to spirituality, and organizes a metaphysical system around original theoretical concepts such as spécialité, instinctivité, and the category of spheres. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/08/22 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Spirituality, characters, theory, representation, novel LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/the-balzac-review-revue-balzac-2019-n-2-l-interiorite-interiority-les-elus-de-dieu-sont-en-petit-nombre-1.html Y2 - 2024/05/18 ER -