PLURALITÉ DES VOIX DANS « ŒDIPE » ET « LE ROI CANDAULE » D’ANDRÉ GIDE
PLURALITY OF VOICES IN “OEDIPE” AND “LE ROI CANDAULE” BY ANDRÉ GIDE

Summary/Abstract: Our paper proposes an approach of some monologue texts, taken from André Gide's plays “Le Roi Candaule” and “Œdipe”. What interests us is the plurality of voices that are “heard” in this type of theatrical discourse, defined as the “solitary speech” of the character, speech that is essentially devoted to letting the character's most hidden but revealing thoughts “be heard”. Our analysis of the monologues of Gygès and Oedipus shows that both characters have a special relationship with power, which they see as a condition for happiness. The monologues show them between the two extremes of happiness: complete happiness, defined as the possession of absolute power, and lost happiness, when they realise that their power is fleeting.

• Details
• Contents