Publication details
Représentations romanesques d'une figure historique : Jeanne d'Arc, jeune fille de France brûlée vive, de Max Gallo, à la lumière des textes de Voltaire et de Jules Michelet
| Title in English | representations of a historical figure: "Joan of Arc, young girl of France burned alive", by Max Gallo, in the light of texts by Voltaire and Jules Michelet |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Les Grandes figures historiques dans les lettres et les arts |
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| Web | The Great Historical Figures in Art and Literature Project is inspired by the researches on perspectivism in history that have been put to the fore in the domain of “cultural memories”. |
| Keywords | Novel - Joan of Arc - Contemporary literature - History - Representation |
| Description | In his novel, between novelistic lies and historical truth, Max Gallo plays whith the tools of fantasy as of history to resolve the problem of distancing necessary to historians. Through diegesis, we witness the advent of a doubly heroic figure who is both holy and profoundly human. Through his book indeed, Max Gallo creates in the young girl of Domremy a character that is equal to the Nietzschean Übermensch. |