Thélème is a heterotopic monument, one which constitutes the supreme imaginary space of grand axiological reversal. This article examines how Thélème is described through the lens of the rhetorical tradition, highlighting a Middle French illustration of an exercise of progymnasmata in an encomiastic register, as well as the mechanics of the descriptio which unfolds within it and brings about a reversal of the episteme simply through the kinetics of descriptive codes.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques