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Théâtre II
Ce volume contient :
Bajazet
Mithridate
Iphigénie
Phèdre
Esther
Athalie
«Les romantiques s’offusquent de ce théâtre sans images. Préférer le récit à l’exhibition scénique des grands meurtres et des grands prodiges, ils croient que c’est fuir la difficulté : c’est la chercher, au contraire, puisque c’est refuser l’aide du physique et du sensible, du metteur en scène et du machiniste, des lumières, des couleurs, de l’agitation, de l’acteur et du spectateur même. L’auteur assume tout le fardeau du drame.» Thierry Maulnier, Racine.
Bajazet
Mithridate
Iphigénie
Phèdre
Esther
Athalie
«Les romantiques s’offusquent de ce théâtre sans images. Préférer le récit à l’exhibition scénique des grands meurtres et des grands prodiges, ils croient que c’est fuir la difficulté : c’est la chercher, au contraire, puisque c’est refuser l’aide du physique et du sensible, du metteur en scène et du machiniste, des lumières, des couleurs, de l’agitation, de l’acteur et du spectateur même. L’auteur assume tout le fardeau du drame.» Thierry Maulnier, Racine.
378 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1965
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About the author
Jean Racine
2,047 books360 followersClassical Greek and Roman themes base noted tragedies, such as
Britannicus
(1669) and
Phèdre
(1677), of French playwright Jean Baptiste Racine.
Adherents of movement of Cornelis Jansen included Jean Baptiste Racine.
This dramatist ranks alongside Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) and Pierre Corneille of the "big three" of 17th century and of the most important literary figures in the western tradition. Psychological insight, the prevailing passion of characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage mark dramaturgy of Racine. Although primarily a tragedian, Racine wrote one comedy.
Orphaned by the age of four years when his mother died in 1641 and his father died in 1643, he came into the care of his grandparents. At the death of his grandfather in 1649, his grandmother, Marie des Moulins, went to live in the convent of Port-Royal and took her grandson Jean-Baptiste. He received a classical education at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal, a religious institution that greatly influenced other contemporary figures, including Blaise Pascal.
The French bishops and the pope condemned Jansenism, a heretical theology, but its followers ran Port-Royal. Interactions of Racine with the Jansenists in his years at this academy great influenced the rest of his life. At Port-Royal, he excelled in his studies of the classics, and the themes of Greek and Roman mythology played large roles in his works.
Jean Racine died from cancer of the liver. He requested burial in Port-Royal, but after Louis XIV razed this site in 1710, people moved his body to the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.
*source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ra...
Adherents of movement of Cornelis Jansen included Jean Baptiste Racine.
This dramatist ranks alongside Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) and Pierre Corneille of the "big three" of 17th century and of the most important literary figures in the western tradition. Psychological insight, the prevailing passion of characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage mark dramaturgy of Racine. Although primarily a tragedian, Racine wrote one comedy.
Orphaned by the age of four years when his mother died in 1641 and his father died in 1643, he came into the care of his grandparents. At the death of his grandfather in 1649, his grandmother, Marie des Moulins, went to live in the convent of Port-Royal and took her grandson Jean-Baptiste. He received a classical education at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal, a religious institution that greatly influenced other contemporary figures, including Blaise Pascal.
The French bishops and the pope condemned Jansenism, a heretical theology, but its followers ran Port-Royal. Interactions of Racine with the Jansenists in his years at this academy great influenced the rest of his life. At Port-Royal, he excelled in his studies of the classics, and the themes of Greek and Roman mythology played large roles in his works.
Jean Racine died from cancer of the liver. He requested burial in Port-Royal, but after Louis XIV razed this site in 1710, people moved his body to the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.
*source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ra...
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January 12, 2025
Je suis un peu abasourdie par cette collection, parce qu'après la première j'étais prête à rejoindre le fan club de Racine mais après les deux dernières... Non merci.
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