A tribute to Denis Diderot – 300 years since he was born (the 5th of  October, 1713) Rameau always the same or the pantomime of life  Cover Image

Omagiu lui Denis Diderot – 300 de ani de la naşterea sa (5 octombrie 1713) Rameau mereu acelaşi sau pantomima vieţii
A tribute to Denis Diderot – 300 years since he was born (the 5th of October, 1713) Rameau always the same or the pantomime of life

Author(s): Gabriela Vasilescu
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: alienation; enthusiasm; mediocrity; common reason; genius; pantomime; aliénation; enthousiasme; médiocrité; l’être humain commun; l’homme de génie; pantomime; alienare; entuziasm; mediocritate; simţ comun; om de geniu; pantomimă

Summary/Abstract: A representative of the French Enlightenment, Denis Diderot opens a new page in the philosophical thought that will be present in the ideas of the Romanticism and Hegelian philosophy referring to alienation. Rameau’s nephew is a split personality of the writer, by which he can criticize enthusiastically the state of the society he lives in, replacing dialogue with pantomime, when necessary. The dialogue presents a stage play, offered to the Conscience, that trains the spectator to recognize his own possible mediocrity due to inner enlightenment.

  • Issue Year: X/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 9-15
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: French