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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12942| Title: | Abbé d'Aubignac et le principe de vraisemblance | English Title: | Abbe d'Aubignac and the Principle of Verisimilitude | Contributor(s): | Bourque, Bernard (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12942 | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | New Zealand Journal of French Studies, 34(1), p. 5-25 | Publisher: | Victoria University of Wellington | Place of Publication: | New Zealand | ISSN: | 0110-7380 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200511 Literature in French | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470516 Literature in French | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950203 Languages and Literature | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130203 Literature | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | English Abstract: | The article examines d'Aubignac's dramatic output in the context of his rules on verisimilitude. In spite of the author's rhetoric regarding the supremacy of this doctrine, there are notable examples in his own tragedies where the rules are violated. Rather than considering d'Aubignac's plays as a failed attempt at applying his own theories on verisimilitude, the article argues that they should be regarded as a complement to his theoretical works, revealing an author who was more pragmatic about this important doctrine than has been thought heretofore. The article studies the causes of this triumph of practice over theory and establishes a link between d'Aubignac as dramatist and the perspective of Pierre Corneille regarding the concept of verisimilitude. |
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