Peut-on vivre sans noblesse ? Le problème du « réalisme » dans le roman des XIXe-XXe siècles
A World without Nobleness? The Problem of Realism in the 19th and 20th Century Novel
Author(s): Kalin MikhailovSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, German Literature, Russian Literature, Turkish Literature, Other Language Literature, 19th Century, Biblical studies, Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: nobleness; history of the novel; hero and antihero; realism (in literature); Christianity.
Summary/Abstract: In the Western European novel, the death of the nobleness of the soul brings to life the “social realism” characteristic of Balzac’s work. This change is signified by the transformation of the novel’s protagonist from a moral into a social individual (S. Hadzhikosev). Later, this development will logically progress into the ascension of the antihero and conclude with the “cynical realism” (“réalisme cynique”), preached by authors like Frédéric Beigbeder. Reflecting on several major novels written in the 19th and 20th centuries, this article strives to answer the principal question of whether the novelist could take another realistic path, and tries to imagine what this path would look like.
Journal: Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum
- Issue Year: 6/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 87-101
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English, Bulgarian, French