Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaLa vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative
La Vénus d’Ille, a short story by Prosper Mérimée, is the study object of an approach of the Fantastic Literature. This paper focuses on the supernatural, an element which consolidates this narrative and its theme: a Venus statue, a character from the Greek-Roman culture, is introduced in the life o...
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Lettres Françaises
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/lettres/article/view/10651 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63686 |
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| description | La Vénus d’Ille, a short story by Prosper Mérimée, is the study object of an approach of the Fantastic Literature. This paper focuses on the supernatural, an element which consolidates this narrative and its theme: a Venus statue, a character from the Greek-Roman culture, is introduced in the life of the citizens of Ille in the 19th century, establishing the mystery in the dialogic relation between the real world and the reality of what we imagine. In this sense, unusual events take place permeated by strangeness, doubt, and ambiguity, making possible for the reader to question the given social values. The theoretical basis of this study includes Tzvetan Todorov, Irène Bessière, Antoine Faivre, Louis Vax, and Jean Molino, with the purpose of observing the fantastic construction of the animated statue and the real world as well as the motives to reach a central subject, the marriage. This paper concludes that the fantastic genre is not committed to answers or explanations for events. It is a play on words created in the fictional universe. Therefore, it is not linked to reason, but it is inside the real world with the aim here to denounce the mistakes of capitalism. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO636862022-03-18T18:38:22Z La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative A Vênus de Ille, de Prosper Merimée: um elemento exótico na criação da narrativa fantástica Borges, Maria do Carmo Faustino Fantastic Society Real Unreal Ambiguity Fantástico Sociedade Real Irreal Ambiguidade La Vénus d’Ille, a short story by Prosper Mérimée, is the study object of an approach of the Fantastic Literature. This paper focuses on the supernatural, an element which consolidates this narrative and its theme: a Venus statue, a character from the Greek-Roman culture, is introduced in the life of the citizens of Ille in the 19th century, establishing the mystery in the dialogic relation between the real world and the reality of what we imagine. In this sense, unusual events take place permeated by strangeness, doubt, and ambiguity, making possible for the reader to question the given social values. The theoretical basis of this study includes Tzvetan Todorov, Irène Bessière, Antoine Faivre, Louis Vax, and Jean Molino, with the purpose of observing the fantastic construction of the animated statue and the real world as well as the motives to reach a central subject, the marriage. This paper concludes that the fantastic genre is not committed to answers or explanations for events. It is a play on words created in the fictional universe. Therefore, it is not linked to reason, but it is inside the real world with the aim here to denounce the mistakes of capitalism. O conto A Vênus de Ille, de Prosper Mérimée, é o objeto de estudo para uma abordagem de elementos da Literatura Fantástica. Fazemos uma leitura do supranatural que centraliza a narrativa e o desenvolvimento da temática: uma estátua de Vênus, personagem da cultura greco-romana inserida no cotidiano dos cidadãos de Ille, no século XIX, criando o mistério na relação dialógica entre o mundo real e a realidade daquilo que pensamos. Deste modo, acontecem eventos insólitos, permeados pela estranheza, pela dúvida, pela ambiguidade, o que possibilita ao leitor o questionamento sobre valores sociais estabelecidos. Trazemos excertos do conto e reflexões de teóricos como Tzevetan Todorov, Irène Bessière, Antoine Faivre, Louis Vax, Jean Molino, com o objetivo de observar a construção do fantástico a partir da estátua animada e o mundo real, na articulação de motivos para alcançar um assunto central, o casamento. Concluímos que o gênero fantástico não se compromete com respostas ou explicações para os acontecimentos. Trata-se de um jogo de palavras criado no universo ficcional, portanto desvinculado da razão, mas dentro do mundo real, com a finalidade de denunciar irregularidades do capitalismo. 2017-11-14 2022-03-18T18:38:22Z 2022-03-18T18:38:22Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/lettres/article/view/10651 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63686 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/lettres/article/view/10651/6894 Copyright (c) 2017 Lettres Françaises application/pdf Lettres Françaises Lettres Françaises; n.18 (1), 2017 2526-2955 1414-025X |
| spellingShingle | Fantastic Society Real Unreal Ambiguity Fantástico Sociedade Real Irreal Ambiguidade Borges, Maria do Carmo Faustino La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| title | La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| title_full | La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| title_fullStr | La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| title_full_unstemmed | La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| title_short | La vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| title_sort | la vénus d’ille, by prosper mérimée: an exotic element in the creation of the fantastic narrative |
| topic | Fantastic Society Real Unreal Ambiguity Fantástico Sociedade Real Irreal Ambiguidade |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/lettres/article/view/10651 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63686 |