La pièce climatique d’Henri¬René Lenormand ou un désarroi ontologique
The Climatic Play by Henri¬rené Lenormand or an Ontological Disarray

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the climatic plays by Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951), and to show how difficult climatic conditions shown in his plays influence the behaviour and the attitude of the characters. In the paper different motifs are taken into consideration: fog (and, therefore, the humidity of the climate), the tropical climate in general and the tropical wind called lesimoun. In Lenormand’s plays climate is not just a secondary motif, devoid of significance, but an element which conditions the atmosphere of those plays, engenders a deep melancholy or awakens hidden and repressed instincts of the characters. The climate emphasises thus a deep existential pessimism and the tragic of an individual lost in a hostile and incomprehensible world.

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