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Article Dans Une Revue SOG18 – Yearbook of the Society for 18th Century Studies on South Eastern Europe Année : 2023

The Poetological Thought of the Epic in France, England, and Spain (1650−1800)

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The study is based on the analysis of a large corpus of French, English and Spanish theoretical texts produced between 1650 and 1808, focusing on theoretical reflection and literary criticism of the epic genre. From a comparative and pan-European perspective, the dialogue between these texts has allowed me to demonstrate that the epic genre is not a discourse limited to the cultural codes of antiquity, but is updated from the profound epistemological, social, and political crisis of Enlightenment thought. The ensemble of poetics, literary arts, treatises, essays, and discourses produced on the epic genre dictates the rules of composition of the narration of war exploits. This ensemble also instructs on how to articulate the elements that challenge the reader, generate emotions, and build memory. This discourse theory has the function of formulating resources that incite the reader to legitimise the war through his or her emotional involvement in the war campaign, and to believe in the institutional discourse through the vehemence created by the combination of image, emotion, affection, morality, and virtue.

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hal-04391473 , version 1 (12-01-2024)

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Claudia García-Minguillán. The Poetological Thought of the Epic in France, England, and Spain (1650−1800). SOG18 – Yearbook of the Society for 18th Century Studies on South Eastern Europe, 2023, 6, pp.39-46. ⟨10.25364/22.6.2023.6⟩. ⟨hal-04391473⟩

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