Orientalism in French Classical Drama
Author | : Michèle Longino |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2006-03-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521025176 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521025171 |
Rating | : 4/5 (171 Downloads) |
Download or read book Orientalism in French Classical Drama written by Michèle Longino and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michèle Longino examines the ways in which Mediterranean exoticism inflects the themes represented in French classical drama. Longino explores plays by Corneille, Molière and Racine; Le Cid, Médée, and Le bourgeois gentilhomme among others. She offers a consideration of the role the staging of the near Orient played in shaping a sense of French colonial identity. Drawing on histories, travel journals, memoirs and correspondence, and bringing together literary and historical concerns, Longino considers these dramatisations in the context of French-Ottoman relations at the time of their production.