“Ruin Poetics” in Chateaubriand’s Works of the1800s – 1820s

Authors

  • Андрей Юрьевич Чернухин Южный федеральный университет

Abstract

Andrey Yu. Chernukhin (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)

The article studies the comprehension and artistic realization of ruin theme in Chateaubriand’s creative works over the period of 1800s– 1820s. In terms of “ruin poetics” “The Genius of Christianity”, short novels “Atala” and “René” as well as “Voyage en Italie” and a short story “The Adventures of the Last Abencerrage” are analyzed. The aesthetic, religious, psychological and artistic aspects are considered. The links with the Enlightenment epoch and Diderot’s aesthetical views are observed.

Key words: Chateaubriand, “ruin poetics”, romanticism, psychologism, romantic historicism, Diderot.

DOI 10.23683/1995-0640-2018-1-38-46

Author Biography

Андрей Юрьевич Чернухин, Южный федеральный университет

Andrey Yu. Chernukhin – senior lecturer of the Department of Theory and History of the World Literature, Institute of philology, journalism and cross-cultural communication, Southern Federal University.

References

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Chateaubriand F.-R. Atala. René. Les Aventures du dernier Abencerage. Édition présentée, établie et annotée par Pierre Moreau. P.: Gallimard, 1971. 306 p.

Chateaubriand F.-R. Génie du Christianisme. Édition établie par Pierre Reboule. P.: Garnier-Flammarion, 1966. T. I. 511 p. T. II. 504 p.

Chateaubriand F.-R. Voyage en Italie. // Œuvres complètes de M. le vicomte de Chateaubriand. T.13. P.: Pourrat frères, 1836. 362 p.

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Glaudes P. Signes opaques, signes sublimes, signes du temps. La Lettre à Fontanes sur la campagne romaine de Chateaubriand. 2008. URL: http://www.fabula.org/colloques/document871.php, (page consultée 19.10.2017). Moreau P. Chateaubriand. P.: Hatier, 1967. 275 p.

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References

Pakhsaryan N. Tema ruin vo frantsuzskoy literature XVIII veka. 2011. Available at: http://natapa.msk.ru/bibliograficheskiy-ukazatel/tema-ruin-vo-frantsuzskoyliterature-xviii-veka.html# (accessed on: 20.10.2017). (In Russian).

Chateaubriand F.-R. Atala. René. Les Aventures du dernier Abencerage. Édition présentée, établie et annotée par Pierre Moreau. P.: Gallimard, 1971. 306 p. (In French).

Chateaubriand F.-R. Génie du Christianisme. Édition établie par Pierre Reboule. – P.? Garnier-Flammarion, 1966. T. I. 511 p. T. II. 504 p. (In French).

Chateaubriand F.-R. Voyage en Italie. // Œuvres complètes de M. le vicomte de Chateaubriand. T.13. P.? Pourrat frères, 1836. 362 p. (In French).

Clément J.-P. Chateaubriand et la « fièvre des ruines ». 2007. URL? http:// anabases.revues.org/3185, (accessed on? 19.10.2017). (In French).

Diderot D. Salons. Tome II. Salon de 1767. P.? Brière, 1821. 496 p. (In French).

Glaudes P. Signes opaques, signes sublimes, signes du temps. La Lettre à Fontanes sur la campagne romaine de Chateaubriand. 2008. URL? http://www.fabula.org/ colloques/document871.php, (accessed on? 19.10.2017). (In French).

Moreau P. Chateaubriand. P.: Hatier, 1967. 275 p. (In French).

Mortier R. La poétique des ruines en France? ses origines, ses variations, de la Renaissance à Victor Hugo. Genève? Librairie Droz, 1974. 237 p. (In French).

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Чернухин, А. Ю. (2018). “Ruin Poetics” in Chateaubriand’s Works of the1800s – 1820s. Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, (1), 38–46. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1113

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No. 1 (2018)

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LITERATURE STUDY

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