Système de pensée et poétique personnelle : Eustache Deschamps face aux âges de la vie
This article places Eustache Deschamps (ca.1340–1404) within the scholarly and literary tradition of the ages of life. From Antiquity to the Middle Ages, various authors divided the course of life into three to twelve ages, of varying duration. Deschamps, writing during a time plagued by pestilence...
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| Summary: | This article places Eustache Deschamps (ca.1340–1404) within the scholarly and literary tradition of the ages of life. From Antiquity to the Middle Ages, various authors divided the course of life into three to twelve ages, of varying duration. Deschamps, writing during a time plagued by pestilence and war, limits life expectancy to around sixty years, following a framework that is sometimes tripartite and sometimes quadripartite. However, the theoretical calculation of the ages of life does not protect the individual from the whims of fortune. In response to this existential concern, Deschamps engages in a moral reflection on the criteria for right action, contrasting youth and old age while outlining an ethical ideal of middle age, without, however, achieving serenity. He varies the tones (pathetic, caustic, humorous) and the voices (male, female). Ultimately, it is this choice of protean lyricism in verse that sets Deschamps apart from the scholarly prose sources he may have encountered, directly or indirectly. |
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