Name: Le roi s'amuse (in French)
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Author: Victor Hugo
ISBN: 9781515139720

Type

Physical Book

Author

Victor Hugo

Publisher

Createspace

Language

French

Pages

218

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.2 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN13

9781515139720

Synopsis "Le roi s'amuse (in French)"

Triboulet est tout le contraire d'un héros ordinaire: c'est un bouffon de cour, difforme, un être cruel qui encourage François Ier aux pires débauches. Il est ridicule, narcissique et veut tuer le roi. Il présente des qualités antihéroïques. Il est à la fois un monstre mais aussi un homme aux sentiments admirables. En effet, le choix de la mise en scène, notamment une atmosphère inquiétante, révèle les sentiments de désespoir et de colère de Triboulet: il veut venger sa fille; il fait preuve d'amour paternel. Triboulet est un être double, comme le souligne cette exclamation paradoxale: Jouis, vil bouffon, dans ta fierté profonde . Victor Hugo donne naissance à un héros tragique, loin du héros traditionnel et qui allie en un seul personnage les deux aspects du drame romantique: le grotesque et le sublime.

Victor Hugo

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Victor Marie Hugo (Besançon, France, 1802 - 1885) was a writer, poet, playwright, and French politician, a central figure of Romanticism and one of the most influential literary voices of the 19th century. His work includes emblematic novels such as Les Misérables (1862), which denounces social injustice in 19th century France, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), which powerfully portrays life in medieval Paris. In theater, he revolutionized the genre with plays like Hernani (1830) and Cromwell (1827), while his poetry, highlighted in collections such as Les Contemplations (1856) and The Legend of the Centuries (1859-1883), combines lyricism and social commitment

Exiled for about 20 years due to his opposition to the regime of Napoleon III, he produced many of his most significant works during this period, also expanding his political work as a deputy and senator after his return. He was recognized with membership in the French Academy and the Legion of Honor. His literary and political legacy remains a benchmark for social justice and artistic expression.

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