Identifier
etd-05242011-185851
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
French Studies
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
In seventeenth-century France, social and political confusion abounded. Absolute monarchy, which was principally created by Richelieu and glorified by Louis XIV, began gradually replacing the medieval feudalism that remained popular among the nobles. Likewise, préciosité, a proto-feminist literary and cultural movement that was not in line with official political ideals, emerged in France during this century. The institution of marriage was an important element of the complicated sociopolitical tapestry of seventeenth-century France. Through the depiction of marriage in Pierre Corneille’s Le Cid (1636), Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière’s L’École des femmes (1662), and Jean Racine’s Andromaque (1667), three works of the most prominent form of fiction in seventeenth-century France—theater, one can see how marriage was tightly bound to both politics and society.
Date
2011
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
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Recommended Citation
Babin, Adam Michael, "Marriage in seventeenth-century French theater" (2011). LSU Master's Theses. 1552.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1552
Committee Chair
Jensen, Katharine
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.1552