Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)

Le Gascon extravagant, value of experience and fiction as a speech on the history (of Loudun) : In this paper, I question the relation between the novel of the Gascon and the event of the demonic possession of the Ursulines in Loudun. This event is never mentioned, however it is constantly used as a...

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Main Author: Laurence Giavarini
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Language:fra
Published: Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire 2007-06-01
Series:Les Dossiers du GRIHL
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/225
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description Le Gascon extravagant, value of experience and fiction as a speech on the history (of Loudun) : In this paper, I question the relation between the novel of the Gascon and the event of the demonic possession of the Ursulines in Loudun. This event is never mentioned, however it is constantly used as a reference in our way to read the novel. How the written piece that the Gascon is, does take part in the event of writings which is immediately this demonic possession, as stated by Michel de Certeau in his analysis ? I analyse first the way how this possession is immediately abscribed within a common place of the Epicurian philosophy, then how does the story embedded in the fiction-framework develop the gascon’s experience as a body ethics, and finally how the novel can be read as a « history of Loudun » as a symptom. The Gascon extravagant and its forewords are read as texts which, within the framework of the demonic possession, question a body theater functionning contrary to an ethics of actions. The novel would be another form find consolation for the religious issue which was « solved » by the possession on a spectacuar and un-memorial way, since it presented itself as a piece of Gascon – if not Libertine at least Protestant – memory.
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spelling doaj-art-2afbe1b8fb2b4e18a0718dc9fa709ea22025-08-20T01:54:46ZfraGroupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du LittéraireLes Dossiers du GRIHL1958-92472007-06-011110.4000/dossiersgrihl.225Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)Laurence GiavariniLe Gascon extravagant, value of experience and fiction as a speech on the history (of Loudun) : In this paper, I question the relation between the novel of the Gascon and the event of the demonic possession of the Ursulines in Loudun. This event is never mentioned, however it is constantly used as a reference in our way to read the novel. How the written piece that the Gascon is, does take part in the event of writings which is immediately this demonic possession, as stated by Michel de Certeau in his analysis ? I analyse first the way how this possession is immediately abscribed within a common place of the Epicurian philosophy, then how does the story embedded in the fiction-framework develop the gascon’s experience as a body ethics, and finally how the novel can be read as a « history of Loudun » as a symptom. The Gascon extravagant and its forewords are read as texts which, within the framework of the demonic possession, question a body theater functionning contrary to an ethics of actions. The novel would be another form find consolation for the religious issue which was « solved » by the possession on a spectacuar and un-memorial way, since it presented itself as a piece of Gascon – if not Libertine at least Protestant – memory.https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/225libertinismgasconeventsymptomEpicurian philosophyethics of actions
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Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)
Les Dossiers du GRIHL
libertinism
gascon
event
symptom
Epicurian philosophy
ethics of actions
title Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)
title_full Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)
title_fullStr Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)
title_full_unstemmed Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)
title_short Le Gascon extravagant, la valeur de l’expérience et la fiction comme discours d’histoire (de Loudun)
title_sort le gascon extravagant la valeur de l experience et la fiction comme discours d histoire de loudun
topic libertinism
gascon
event
symptom
Epicurian philosophy
ethics of actions
url https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/225
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