The “romance” in Romances sans paroles is a gender-based genre. Therefore Verlaine’s book can be read as an autobiographical expression of the self. The opposition between implicit and explicit statements calls for what the author terms an “imphâme/infemme” reading.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques