« Cet amour est ardent, il le faut confesser. » La tragédie de l’amour excessif et de l’attachement dans Bérénice

The deeply tragic nature which lies in the lovers’ discourse in Bérénice becomes all the more apparent and clear if the reader values Racine’s Augustinian education. In the first book of De doctrina christiana, Augustine treats human love in the light of the distinction between the use of things (ut...

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Autor principal:	Victoire Malenfer
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Publicado:	Institut du Monde Anglophone 2021
Materias:	Racine Saint Augustine morals love Port-Royal tragic History (General) and history of Europe D French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature PQ1-3999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d8258726adf84fb49efc45e622a7cefe2021-12-02T10:16:40Z« Cet amour est ardent, il le faut confesser. » La tragédie de l’amour excessif et de l’attachement dans Bérénice1634-045010.4000/episteme.13455https://doaj.org/article/d8258726adf84fb49efc45e622a7cefe2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/episteme/13455https://doaj.org/toc/1634-0450The deeply tragic nature which lies in the lovers’ discourse in Bérénice becomes all the more apparent and clear if the reader values Racine’s Augustinian education. In the first book of De doctrina christiana, Augustine treats human love in the light of the distinction between the use of things (uti) and the enjoyment of things (frui), thus firmly differentiating how one must love God and how one must love men. This paper demonstrates that Titus and Bérénice completely disregard the Augustinian hierarchy and order in love, and that the consequences they bear are much more tragic than the political impediment to their marriage. Such a hypothesis highlights Racine’s lyrical and elegiac poetic background and shows how the tragedy questions this love poetry, giving a truly pure and intense picture of passion bordering on idolatry, which appears less desirable and even dangerous.Victoire MalenferInstitut du Monde AnglophonearticleRacineSaint AugustinemoralslovePort-RoyaltragicHistory (General) and history of EuropeDFrench literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literaturePQ1-3999ENFREtudes Epistémè, Vol 40 (2021)
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description	The deeply tragic nature which lies in the lovers’ discourse in Bérénice becomes all the more apparent and clear if the reader values Racine’s Augustinian education. In the first book of De doctrina christiana, Augustine treats human love in the light of the distinction between the use of things (uti) and the enjoyment of things (frui), thus firmly differentiating how one must love God and how one must love men. This paper demonstrates that Titus and Bérénice completely disregard the Augustinian hierarchy and order in love, and that the consequences they bear are much more tragic than the political impediment to their marriage. Such a hypothesis highlights Racine’s lyrical and elegiac poetic background and shows how the tragedy questions this love poetry, giving a truly pure and intense picture of passion bordering on idolatry, which appears less desirable and even dangerous.
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« Cet amour est ardent, il le faut confesser. » La tragédie de l’amour excessif et de l’attachement dans Bérénice

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