The Insertion of the Concept of Myth in the Descriptions of the Greenhouse of Hôtel Saccard in "La Curée", by Émile Zola
Keywords:
Zola, myth, nature, garden.
Abstract
In this essay we broach a recurring issue in those Zola novels in which the garden plays a primordial role: the insertion of the concept of myth. To this purpose we aim to carefully analyze the poetic discourse in the two descriptions of the greenhouse of hôtel Saccard in La Curée, with a view to unveil a deep dimension of Zola’s thinking: his search for mythological and symbolic elements camouflaged in the garden—a place of ideal communication with nature. This search invites us to a reflection on the effects of the scientific and technical civilization, centered on reason, but unable to eliminate the quest for the occult and the fantastic.Format
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2017-10-18
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Sánchez Luque, M. C. (2017). The Insertion of the Concept of Myth in the Descriptions of the Greenhouse of Hôtel Saccard in "La Curée", by Émile Zola. Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses, 32(2), 301-313. https://doi.org/10.5209/THEL.55062
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