Religious Mixture of Mythical Figures in nineteenth-century French Poetry: from Parnassians to Rimbaud

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06115
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: TSUKASHIMA Mami 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教務補佐員 (80761402)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 仏文学 / ランボー / 高踏派 / 神話 / 19世紀

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to clarify the mixture of Hellenism and Christianity in nineteenth-century French Poetry, especially from the 1850s to the 1870s, in other words, from the Parnassians to Rimbaud. As a result of the study period, I show that lyricism based on mediocre daily life can be seen in the works of Parnassians, as well as ideal and formal beauty. Such amalgam of mystique and vulgarity also exists in Rimbaud’s poems, characterized by a strongly critical view of religious or mythical things.

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文学