Un Sourire déchiré: l’ironie dans le Vathek de Beckford
Carmen Alamoudi, Université Lumière Lyon II
Volume 8, no. 3, April 1996
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ABSTRACT
S’inscrivant dans la tradition du conte philosophique, Vathek, l’œuvre rare qu’un Anglais a offerte à la littérature française, a une fonction allégorique; c’est une fable qui nous transporte au pays des chimeres pour mieux nous réveiller. Contre le déraillement de l’imaginaire, nul frein plus puissant que le rire, le rire qui démasque les illusions et fait retomber sur terre le rêveur impénitent.
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