Benevolent doctors replaced enema and bloodletting fanatics on the eve of the French Revolution. Nina ou la folle par amour, Folies sentimentales, and Nouvelles folies sentimentales illustrate the concern for moral treatment theorized by Pinel and Esquirol. Understanding doctors feature in Louvet and Sade’s work. But the analysis of trauma does not always lead to the development of a musical or theatrical life-saving therapy in Sophie Cottin’s Malvina and Balzac’s Adieu.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques