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En son étymologie, l'extravagance est une errance, une sortie de route, comme le délire, que le lexique latin lui préfère, est une sortie du sillon, et, en ce sens, elle trouve des résonances profondes dans l'imaginaire antique en perpétuelle tension entre l'écart et la norme, tant dans la définition de l'homme que dans les manières de raconter son histoire. Le colloque, dont ce livre réunit les actes, a exploré plusieurs manifestations de cette tension, essentiellement à travers le témoignage des textes littéraires. Au sein même de la bipolarité forte, il a mis en évidence la circulation entre les concepts de norme et d'écart, étant entendu que l'une et l'autre sont indissociablement liés dans un système du monde où l'extravagance participe à la bonne santé du corps social et à la quête du sens, comme en attestent, par exemple, les aberrations des Saturnales ou l'omniprésence de la marginalité dans la mythologie et l'expression du sacré. Parallèlement à ce volet anthropologique, le colloque a également fait valoir la pertinence du concept d'extravagance dans l'analyse des modes d'écriture antiques. Les oscillations de l'écart à la norme définissent, en effet, une part importante des figures du discours et de la syntaxe des récits dans la création littéraire de l'antiquité, sans compter que la mise en texte des personnages et évènements les connote d'une extravagance particulière par rapport à leur modèle, en lien avec le genre littéraire ou les positions idéologiques qui en rendent compte.
Conferences - Meetings --- Social norms in literature --- Deviant behavior in literature --- Conformity in literature --- Classical literature --- Themes, motives --- Classical literature - Themes, motives - Congresses --- Social norms in literature - Congresses --- Deviant behavior in literature - Congresses --- Conformity in literature - Congresses
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This book provides a stimulating introduction to the concept of literary transgression which shows students how to interpret it from various theoretical standpoints and demonstrates its historical development. It offers a significant re-evaluation of the central concept of transgression and charts its cultural and historical development. It covers a broad range of literature from different historical periods including Epic verse and Gothic fiction. It provides detailed close readings of texts to aid students' understanding. Julian Wolfreys introduces students to the central concept of transgression, showing how to interpret the concept from a number of theoretical standpoints. He demonstrates how texts from different cultural and historical periods can be read to examine the workings of 'transgression' and the way in which it has changed over time.
English literature --- Conformity in literature. --- Deviant behavior in literature. --- Authority in literature. --- Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Authority in literature --- Conformity in literature --- Deviant behavior in literature --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- 82.04 --- Conformity as a theme in literature --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- Literaire thema's --- History and criticism
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Homosexuality in literature. --- Conformity in literature. --- Individuality in literature. --- Self in literature. --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Caliban (Fictitious character) --- Arenas, Reinaldo, --- Arenas, Reinaldo, --- Shakespeare, William, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Political and social views. --- Characters --- Caliban. --- Cuba --- In literature.
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American literature --- Thematology --- English literature --- National characteristics, English --- Caractéristiques nationales anglaises --- Littérature anglaise --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- National characteristics, English, in literature. --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature. --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature. --- Stereotype (Psychology) in literature. --- Social norms in literature. --- Dissenters in literature. --- Conformity in literature. --- History and criticism. --- -National characteristics, English, in literature --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature --- Stereotype (Psychology) in literature --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- Conformity in literature --- Dissenters in literature --- Social norms in literature --- Conformity as a theme in literature --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. --- Caractéristiques nationales anglaises --- Littérature anglaise --- National characteristics, English, in literature --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature --- English literature - History and criticism. --- Anglo-saxons --- Civilisation --- Stereotypes
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Conformity in literature --- Deviant behavior in literature --- Conformisme dans la littérature --- Déviance dans la littérature --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature --- French literature --- Literature --- Philosophy --- Conformity and non-conformism in literature --- History and criticism --- Deviance dans la litterature --- Conformisme dans la littérature --- Déviance dans la littérature --- Stereotype (Psychology) in literature --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- Theory --- French literature - Philosophy --- Literature - Philosophy --- Stéréotype (psychologie) --- Sens commun --- Littérature --- Dans la littérature --- Philosophie --- Stéréotype (psychologie) --- Littérature --- Dans la littérature
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