Le jardin dans la littérature fin-de-siècle, ou quand un motif narratif devient un objet esthétique
In literature, the garden is part of a dual process of configuring or reconfiguring the world. Naturally, the concrete garden acts as a representation of places, spaces and plants. In texts, however, we have the added dimension of the garden itself being represented by language. This literary motif...
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Agrocampus Angers, Ecole nationale supérieure du paysage, ENP Blois, ENSAP Bordeaux, ENSAP Lille
2011-01-01
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| description | In literature, the garden is part of a dual process of configuring or reconfiguring the world. Naturally, the concrete garden acts as a representation of places, spaces and plants. In texts, however, we have the added dimension of the garden itself being represented by language. This literary motif historically highlights the themes of eroticism and of the relationship between the individual and his collectivity. Thus, the classical and romantic garden depicts the positive fusion between man and a certain nature. However, in the late 19th century, there is an inversion of this rhetoric: the decadent garden favours the cultural or even the artificial pole in such an extreme way that nature becomes deleterious and lethal. Moreover, the garden is no longer a narrative motif serving only the development of a story and the construction of characters; its linguistic components become essential. It thus becomes an autonomized æsthetic object, capable of creating new meanings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5c9edaf5fbe4eeda2639c58816f61fc2025-02-05T16:21:20ZfraAgrocampus Angers, Ecole nationale supérieure du paysage, ENP Blois, ENSAP Bordeaux, ENSAP LilleProjets de Paysage1969-61242011-01-01510.4000/paysage.21093Le jardin dans la littérature fin-de-siècle, ou quand un motif narratif devient un objet esthétiqueGeneviève SicotteIn literature, the garden is part of a dual process of configuring or reconfiguring the world. Naturally, the concrete garden acts as a representation of places, spaces and plants. In texts, however, we have the added dimension of the garden itself being represented by language. This literary motif historically highlights the themes of eroticism and of the relationship between the individual and his collectivity. Thus, the classical and romantic garden depicts the positive fusion between man and a certain nature. However, in the late 19th century, there is an inversion of this rhetoric: the decadent garden favours the cultural or even the artificial pole in such an extreme way that nature becomes deleterious and lethal. Moreover, the garden is no longer a narrative motif serving only the development of a story and the construction of characters; its linguistic components become essential. It thus becomes an autonomized æsthetic object, capable of creating new meanings.https://journals.openedition.org/paysage/21093Mallarmégarden in littératuremotiffin-de-siècle littératureHuysmansMirbeau |
| spellingShingle | Geneviève Sicotte Le jardin dans la littérature fin-de-siècle, ou quand un motif narratif devient un objet esthétique Projets de Paysage Mallarmé garden in littérature motif fin-de-siècle littérature Huysmans Mirbeau |
| title | Le jardin dans la littérature fin-de-siècle, ou quand un motif narratif devient un objet esthétique |
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| title_short | Le jardin dans la littérature fin-de-siècle, ou quand un motif narratif devient un objet esthétique |
| title_sort | le jardin dans la litterature fin de siecle ou quand un motif narratif devient un objet esthetique |
| topic | Mallarmé garden in littérature motif fin-de-siècle littérature Huysmans Mirbeau |
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