This article questions the status of poetry in Les Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos. It focuses especially on two alexandrins blancs by Madame de Merteuil. Is she a poet, the marquise who claims to be her own “work”? What are the implications for the construction of this original character? To answer these questions, we turn to the “original” poet par excellence of La Métromanie ou le poète, Piron. The result is a new view of Merteuil and the novel.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-08862-2
EAN:9782406088622
ISSN: 2105-2689
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08862-2.p.0095
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 02-05-2019
Periodicity: Quarterly
Language: French
Keyword: Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, poetry, Piron, originality