Popular with readers between 1559 and 1644, tragic stories seek to amaze and horrify by recounting extraordinary and bloody cases. Written by polygraphes living by their pen and eager for success, they please audiences more for their macabre excessiveness than for the exemplarity they display.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-07868-5
EAN:9782406078685
ISSN: 2108-5471
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07870-8
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 06-14-2019
Language: French
Keyword: Littérature de la Renaissance, littérature baroque, exemplarité, fait divers, genre à succès
