Rimbaud’s Jugurtha develops a topical analogy between the eponymous hero and Abd-el-Kader in the framework of a (docile or ironic ?) tribute to Napoléon III. The duplicity of the epigraph attributed to « Balzac » is a prelude to the poem’s central palimpsest, encouraging a seditious reading.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques