Ever since Antiquity, the correlation between a person’s physical appearance and character has fascinated authors. Barbey d’Aurevilly occupies a key position in the acceptance of physiognomic theories, and he puts these at the service of a literature which plays on the dialectic between mystery and transparency.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-05631-7
EAN:9782406056317
ISSN: 2103-4672
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-05633-1
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 06-27-2016
Language: French
Keyword: Littérature française, Barbey d’Aurevilly, Johann Caspar Lavater, sémiotique, physiognomonie, langage non verbal, corps, mystère, portrait