Open AccessL’Âme en folie de François de Curel : à la recherche d’un nouveau paradigme dramatique
Author(s) -
Tomasz Kaczmarek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanica cracoviensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2084-3917
pISSN - 1732-8705
DOI - 10.4467/20843917rc.20.019.13305
Subject(s) - drama , character (mathematics) , action (physics) , philosophy , humanities , art , literature , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
L’Âme en folie by François de Curel: In search of a new dramatic paradigmThe author of the article studies Curel’s play, which testifies to the crisis of traditional drama, announced at the turn of the 20th century. Curel seems to destroy the canonical form of “drama-in-life”, based on a dramatic progression of the action and on the character as an active agent ensuring this same progression, by proposing a new paradigm of “drama-of-life”. The latter moves away from classic prerogatives to focus on the inner life of the protagonist. Instead of focusing on episodes that inevitably lead to disaster, the French writer attempts to embrace the evolution of the characters’ souls. This is how he passes from “agonistic drama” to an “ontological” one.