Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant

It is difficult to define all the meanings and connotations of silence depicted in literary works. In the 19th century, where the Realism and the Naturalism paid much attention to the study of both physical and mental illnesses, silence was considered as one of the distinctive signs of madness. The...

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Main Author: Anna Kaczmarek-Wiśniewska
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin & Werset Publishing House 2017-12-01
Series:Quêtes Littéraires
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.kul.pl/ql/article/view/159
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description It is difficult to define all the meanings and connotations of silence depicted in literary works. In the 19th century, where the Realism and the Naturalism paid much attention to the study of both physical and mental illnesses, silence was considered as one of the distinctive signs of madness. The paper analyzes four examples of this phenomenon in selected Zola’s and Maupassant’s texts (novels and short stories) whose characters, all mad or maniac, embody various aspects of the silence regarded as a pathological condition of a human being.
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spelling doaj.art-3e430decb98948829812747facd86cbe2023-08-02T05:02:52ZfraThe John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin & Werset Publishing HouseQuêtes Littéraires2084-80992017-12-01710.31743/ql.159Le silence des fous chez Zola et MaupassantAnna Kaczmarek-WiśniewskaIt is difficult to define all the meanings and connotations of silence depicted in literary works. In the 19th century, where the Realism and the Naturalism paid much attention to the study of both physical and mental illnesses, silence was considered as one of the distinctive signs of madness. The paper analyzes four examples of this phenomenon in selected Zola’s and Maupassant’s texts (novels and short stories) whose characters, all mad or maniac, embody various aspects of the silence regarded as a pathological condition of a human being.http://czasopisma.kul.pl/ql/article/view/159silencemadnessZolaMaupassant
spellingShingle Anna Kaczmarek-Wiśniewska
Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant
Quêtes Littéraires
silence
madness
Zola
Maupassant
title Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant
title_full Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant
title_fullStr Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant
title_full_unstemmed Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant
title_short Le silence des fous chez Zola et Maupassant
title_sort le silence des fous chez zola et maupassant
topic silence
madness
Zola
Maupassant
url http://czasopisma.kul.pl/ql/article/view/159
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