Where can one look for “Balzacian morality”? In Une ténébreuse affaire, the figure of Laurence de Cinq-Cygne, a woman and warrior, presents a Balzacian version of heroism. Her decisive confrontation with Napoleon before the battle of Jena reaches a sublimity comparable to that of Corneille’s Cinna. Balzac’s conception of heroism as self-transcendence is in fact very similar to the Cornelian ethic of glory.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-13306-3
EAN:9782406133063
ISSN: 2649-2571
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13306-3.p.0015
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 07-27-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: English
Keyword: heroism, Corneille, Une ténébreuse affaire, Napoléon, Revolution