De l’emploi des parenthèses au début du XVIIe siècle : l’exemple de Claude Hopil

  • Éric Tourrette
Keywords: Punctuation, Brackets, Classical french, Stylistics

Abstract

A study on the brackets in Les Divins Élancements d’amour (1629), a collection of canticles by Claude Hopil, reveals a grammatical use which does not coincide with modern french : the distinction between rests and melody is confused ; brackets and commas are nearly synonymous ; some words in brackets cannot be deleted ; brackets are used for some unexpected syntactical functions. The brackets have also a stylistic interest : they suggest both the topic of the fog and the fullness of the spiritual enlightenment.

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Published
2010-07-30
How to Cite
Tourrette É. . (2010). De l’emploi des parenthèses au début du XVIIe siècle : l’exemple de Claude Hopil. Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses, 25, 293-317. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/THEL/article/view/THEL1010110293A
Issue
Vol. 25 (2010)
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