The many lives of Molière. From “George Dandin” to “Monsieur Poirier”
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https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i2.5983Keywords:
Molière, Émile Augier, Bourgeois Drama, Second EmpireAbstract
The first part of the essay examines the creation of the myth of Molière in the 18th and 19th centuries: Molière, the insuperable genius of the theatre, is a moral model and a precursor of republican ideals. His works are studied and taught, and are a fundamental element of French national identity. In the second half of the 19th century, dramatists were inspired by Molière and updated him for contemporary audiences by reworking some of his plays. Emile Augier, in his drama Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier, adapts one of Molière’s comedies, George Dandin, to the social reality of the Second Empire.
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