Fortune et Providence dans trois nouvelles tragiques des Comptes du monde adventureux de A.D.S.D. (1555)
Fortune and Providence in Three Tragic Tales from the Collection Les comptes du monde adventureux (1555)
Author(s): Barbara MarczukSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, French Literature, 16th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Renaissance; tragic tales; moral discourse; Christianity;
Summary/Abstract: The Fortune is a one of basic concepts functioning both in literature and in moral discourse of the Renaissance. The main difficulty that Christian writers are facing while dealing with this concept, is the definition of the Fortune’s prerogatives: it is responsible for unpredictable and changeable course of human life, yet it is also subject to the rational and just Divine Providence. The paper investigates this problem in three tales (10, 42, 57) from the collection Les comptes du monde adventureux signed by A.D.S.D. The author proves that, according to the moralist narrator, the protagonists who follow their own passions, are unconditionnally subject to whims of the hostile and cruel Fortune.
Journal: Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 13/2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 285-295
- Page Count: 11
- Language: French