Une piece manuscrite de Lesage, 'L'Histoire de l'Opera-Comique ou les Metamorphoses de la Foire:' un theatre cameleon
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A.R. Lesage's 'L'Histoire de l'Opera-Comique ou Les Metamorphoses de la Foire' was presented by the theatre of the Opera-Comique on June 27, 1736, at the Foire Saint-Laurent. The play is typical of those presented at fairs in being a representation of the theater itself in an allegorical form. With the fair, this means that the onlooker finds a game of mirrors between the fair and the play and also a reflection of the public's image. The comic opera of the 18th century does constitute a linking of vaudeville, the spoken word, divertissements and dancing. The text of the article is in French.
Publication Name: The French Review
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-111X
Year: 1996
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Desordre et ordre dans 'Le Roman comique.'
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Paul Scarron's 'Le Roman comique' has a burlesque dissonance because characters and things are in constant movement. This is somewhat of a surface impression, though, since two characters impose two different kinds of order. Fate imposes classic order, while Ragotin is the involuntary instrument of a more elemental, natural one. 'Le Roman comique' thus resists aristocratic classicism. The text of the article is in French.
Publication Name: The French Review
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-111X
Year: 1997
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Le recet et la figuration du reve dans l'oeuvre d'Yves Bonnefoy
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The differences between real and imaginary are fluid in Yves Bonnefoy's 'Recits en reve.' The style of writing is somewhat dreamlike. Bonnefoy succeeds in devising a writing style, uniting poetry and prose, which seems to fit the subject of dreams.
Publication Name: The French Review
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-111X
Year: 1997
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