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« L’île de Beauté » qui est maudite Le pervers rêve corse de Prosper Mérimée

Małgorzata Sokołowicz

Abstract

The article describes the vision of Corsica emerging from the works of Prosper Mérimée. Known for its picturesque landscapes and the vendetta practiced by its inhabitants, the island became a popular literary motif already in the second half of 18th century. However, Mérimée copes with this “Corsican myth” in a very original way. By deriding the boredom of many young Europeans of his times, he makes them fascinated with the savage island, to really terrify them, afterwards, with its terrible cruelty. Moreover, those who want to forget this traumatic Corsican experience do not manage to do it as the perverse dream has made them addicted to its cursed beauty.

Key words: Mérimée, Corse, boredom, Colomba, beauty, curse, dream

Citation rules

Sokołowicz, M. « L’île de Beauté » qui est maudite Le pervers rêve corse de Prosper Mérimée. Romanica Silesiana, 10(1). Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RS/article/view/5947

Vol. 10 (2015)
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ISSN: 1898-2433
eISSN: 2353-9887

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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