Revue semestrielle de linguistique et littératures romanes

Écho des études romanes 2006, 2(1):57-66 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2006.005

La démythisation d’un mythe littéraire : Robespierre et Pauvre Bitos ou Le Dîner de têtesFrench

Marie VO®DOVÁ
Université Palacký, Olomouc

Demythisation of a myth in literature: Robespierre and Pauvre Bitos ou Le dîner des têtes

Historians perceive the real personality of Maxmilian de Robespierre in several considerably different ways. This perception is reflected also in his literary depiction. It is possible to speak about the personality of Robespierre as a literary myth which has two faces. On one hand, it is a myth of a revolutionary - saviour sacrificing himself for the well-being of society. On the other hand, it is a heartless monster hankering after human flesh. Our paper deals with the conception of the personality of Robespierre in two ideologically contradictory authors - Romain Rolland and Jean Anouilh in their works Le 14 juillet, Danton, Robespierre and Pauvre Bitos ou Le Dîner de têtes. Whereas Rolland's conception of the personality of Robespierre is ideologically based, Jean Anouilh pulls down the myth of Robespierre, offering an equivocal interpretation of this personality. On one hand, Anouilh condemns the violation committed on the individual; on the other hand, he speaks about him with a highly human understanding.

Keywords: Jean Anouilh; Pauvre Bitos ou Le Dîner de têtes; Robespierre; theatre; myth

Published: June 11, 2006  Show citation

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VO®DOVÁ, M. (2006). La démythisation d’un mythe littéraire : Robespierre et Pauvre Bitos ou Le Dîner de têtes. Écho des études romanes, 2(1), 57-66. doi: 10.32725/eer.2006.005
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