La première œuvre de Jean Genet
The author compares two versions of the work which Jean Genet himself entitled «Lettre à Ibis», the word «lettre» pointing to the literary genre through which he wished to express his admiration for Michel Vieuchange’s achievement, i.e. his expedition to the ghost city of Smara. For Genet, Vieuchang...
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| Julkaisussa: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/studifrancesi, |
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Français |
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Studi Francesi
2016
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | The author compares two versions of the work which Jean Genet himself entitled «Lettre à Ibis», the word «lettre» pointing to the literary genre through which he wished to express his admiration for Michel Vieuchange’s achievement, i.e. his expedition to the ghost city of Smara. For Genet, Vieuchange is an «artist of genius» and entering Smara was for him the ultimate stage of an «idea» reduced to a pure, quintessential state. The quest for expressivity, the syntactic audacity, the fact that «Lettre à Ibis» begins in prose and ends as free verse are elements showing that, like Vieuchange, Genet was aiming at a form of accomplishment, the creation of a work of art. Given its date (may 1933), «Lettre à Ibis» is the first work that Genet intended for publication. |
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