Joris-Karl Huysmans in the mirror of his literary creativity: natural evolution or revolution? Cover Image

Joris-Karl Huysmans au miroir de sa littérature : évolution naturelle ou révolution?
Joris-Karl Huysmans in the mirror of his literary creativity: natural evolution or revolution?

Author(s): Aleksandra Kamińska
Subject(s): Aesthetics, French Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Joris-Karl Huysmans; decadence; naturalism; symbolism; ipseity; epithet;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the evolutionary character of the literary work of Joris-Karl Huysmans which expresses itself in the mutual penetration of naturalism, symbolism and decadence. The abandonment of the moralizing epithet and its ipseity seems to be the most important proof of the permeation of these tendencies. Therefore the writer’s heroes are able to find the integrity of their identity only in this heterogeneity.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 109-126
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: French
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