Le seuil entre le rêve et le réel dans le théâtre baroque. « L'illusion comique » et « La vie est un songe ».
The threshold between dream and real in the Baroque Theater. "L'illusion comique" and "La vida es sueño"

Author(s): Sorina-Crina Ghiață
Subject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Other Language Literature, Cultural Essay, Philology
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: literature; thematic universe; theater; threshold; life; dream;
Summary/Abstract: Paradoxes and strong contrasts have always been one of the most common ideas of the Baroque movement. However, what seems unusual is the permanent oscillation between life and death, but also the mixture between the illusory and the real. Thereby, eloquent examples could be represented by two of the authors devoted to the literature of the time. As for the two texts belonging to Pierre Corneille and Pedro Calderón de la Barca, the motif of illusion and the theme of dream are, of course, aspects that bring these pieces together. We will see how their playwrights reflect the threshold between the life and dreams of their characters, in “L’Illusion comique and”: “La vida es sueño”.

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