ÉTUDES SUR LA CRITIQUE THÉMATIQUE
STUDIES ON THEMATIC CRITICISM

Summary/Abstract: Jean Starobinski, Jean-Pierre Richard and Gilbert Durand are the theoreticians who have laid the foundations of thematic criticism. Their research goes beyond the literary field; psychology, psychoanalysis and phenomenology help us to discover the author’s consciousness, as well as elements that pertain to the unconscious. This approach helps us to make correlations between the artwork and the life of the author.For Richard, the author’s universe generates a global and orderly theme. Through thematic criticism we can discover the architecture of the artwork and its meanings.Jean Starobinski imagines a more complex hermeneutics of interpretation, which is achieved through a systematic analysis he calls a ‘critical route’.Thematic criticism creates a panoramic view that is above the previously expressed points of view.Durand’s works are mainly about the importance of imagination and mythology. He has created tools capable of deciphering image configurations from literary and cultural creation.

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