Giraudoux was an authentic “paysan de Paris” for whom Bellac remained his “unwavering base”. La Menteuse, unfinished, mutilated, occupies a singular place in his oeuvre. A continuation of Églantine, the novel paradoxically amplifies the myth of the “ville-miroir,” its symbolism and its attributes. Giraudoux rejected the description but not the history nor the atmosphere of Paris of the time, in which the characters and setting are steeped, but not reflected.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-15788-5
EAN:9782406157885
ISSN: 2552-1004
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-15788-5.p.0225
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 11-29-2023
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: myth, “ville-miroir,” overdetermination, atmosphere, locus amœnus, “intelligent city”