Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)

Literary criticism more often studies the hagiographic pattern used in novels, rather than the upsurge of fiction in hagiographic Life writing. We want to study this upsurge in the Life of a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, Jeanne de Chantal, written by Father Marsollier in 1717. It seems to...

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Main Author: Marion de Lencquesaing
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Language:fra
Published: Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire 2015-11-01
Series:Les Dossiers du GRIHL
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/6365
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description Literary criticism more often studies the hagiographic pattern used in novels, rather than the upsurge of fiction in hagiographic Life writing. We want to study this upsurge in the Life of a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, Jeanne de Chantal, written by Father Marsollier in 1717. It seems to be the sign of hagiographic changes, but also of changes within the Literary field. One episode of the Life resorts to an exceptionally elaborate writing, using fictional tools. We will then be able to interrogate the aesthetical and pastoral issues of such a rewriting in a limited corpus of Jeanne de Chantal’s Lives in the Early Modern period.
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Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)
Les Dossiers du GRIHL
hagiography
fiction
Saint’s Life
fictional
pastoral care
aesthetics
title Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)
title_full Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)
title_fullStr Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)
title_full_unstemmed Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)
title_short Le romanesque au secours de la Vie de saint : la Vie de la Mère de Chantal par l’abbé Marsollier (1717)
title_sort le romanesque au secours de la vie de saint la vie de la mere de chantal par l abbe marsollier 1717
topic hagiography
fiction
Saint’s Life
fictional
pastoral care
aesthetics
url https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/6365
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