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Le Roman de Tristan: suivi de La Folie Tristan de Berne et La Folie Tristan d'Oxford

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Composé vers 1170, le Tristan de Thomas remodèle en profondeur une tradition déjà solidement constituée. Aux péripéties héroïques et amoureuses, l'écrivain préfère l'exploration minutieuse du désordre amoureux. D'un fragment à l'autre s'approfondissent la pitié, l'incompréhension et la peur qu'inspirent au moraliste la passion, ses tourments et ses pièges, et l'impossible maîtrise, au cœur de l'homme, des forces du désir.

Le scénario des deux Folies se fonde sur une mémoire du texte tristanien dont le héros lui-même met en scène les moments clés. Mais peut-on impunément plier le langage au jeu dérisoire de la folie ? Tristan échoue à se faire reconnaître d'Yseut : l'instinct du chien est plus efficace que l'amour de la femme. Autre manière de dire l'impuissance du langage à révéler la vérité de l'être ?

448 pages, Paperback

Published February 5, 2003

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Thomas of Britain

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Thomas of Britain (French: Thomas d'Angleterre; Old French: Tumas de Britanje) was a poet of the 12th century. He is known for his Old French poem Tristan, a version of the Tristan and Iseult legend that exists only in eight fragments, amounting to around 3,300 lines of verse, mostly from the latter part of the story. It is calculated that this represents about one sixth of the original.

The poem was written between 1155 and 1160, possibly for Eleanor of Aquitaine, since the work suggests close ties with the court of Henry II. Beyond this, his identity is obscure; it has been speculated that he is to be identified with the "Thomas" who wrote the Romance of Horn, but this is unsupported.

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Nelle introduzioni si presenta il Tristano di Thomas come un romanzo di D'Annunzio e le due Folies come scene di Pirandello. Poi venitemi a dire che la Lazzerini non ha ragione...
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