Pointing out their mask and under the mask their face, Musset’s characters exhibit the lively force that moves them and propels them onward. This naked energy is the energy of a vouloir-vivre, of a passion that is both vital and deadly, the stake of an All or Nothing that destroys itself as soon as the energy is broken. This demand often culminates in a single act, in a blink of time that is ontological in scope, the Mussetian romantic subject thus anticipating modern issues.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-09225-4
EAN:9782406092254
ISSN: 0035-2136
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09225-4.p.0135
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 04-30-2019
Periodicity: Monthly
Language: French
Keyword: Musset, romantic subject, modernity, theater, masks, nudity, vouloir-vivre, death