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17 juin 2013
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.2846
- isbn: 9782869062283
- eisbn: 9782869063426
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Coriolan théâtre littérature de langue anglaise; Literature Literature, British Isles LIT015000 DSGSSujets proches
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Frédérique Fouassier, « La violence du corps dans Coriolan », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.2846
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Coriolanus is a highly physical play. The stage is constantly being crossed by bleeding soldiers or rioting citizens. This analysis purports to shed light on the network of images linked to the violence done to the body in Coriolanus – images which especially concern food and disease. These images are found mainly on two levels. The first is that of Roman society, which is shown as cannibalistic and diseased, in keeping with the Hobbesian theory of homo homini lupus. But this imagery is also at the heart of the crisis of the hero himself, who finds his identity in, and derives his political legitimacy from, his maimed body – a fact which is also responsible for his downfall.