La désacralisation de l’église dans quelques romans des Rougon-Macquart
The church as a desacralized space in some of Emile Zola’s novels
Author(s): Anna KaczmarekSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Zola; Rougon-Macquart; religion; church; desacralization
Summary/Abstract: Being agnostic and believing in science only, Emile Zola perceived churches as simple buildings, monuments to a dead religion that would certainly lose the battle against nature and science. The paper gives some examples of this vision in four novels, parts of the Rougon-Macquart cycle.
Journal: Quêtes littéraires
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 93-100
- Page Count: 8
- Language: French