La guerre de Vendée comme un « mémoricide » ? Point de vue littéraire sur un différend historique

• Authors: Stanovský Jaroslav

Title variants

EN

THE WAR OF VENDÉE AS A “MEMORICIDE”? LITERARY POINT OF VIEW TO A HISTORICAL POLEMIC

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with a historical polemic concerning the war of Vendée during the French revolution (1793–1799) which is considered by some historians to be the first genocide of modern history. One of them, Reynald Secher, speaks about a “memoricide”, which means a murder of historical memory. The paper presents this conception and then tries to verify it on the base of some historical novels written by Royalist and Republican authors all along the 19th century. The conclusion proves that historical memory of Vendée has neither been forgotten nor repressed, but on the contrary, this theme was being used by both sides in their political and ideological conflicts.

Keywords

FR

Révolution française; roman historique; XIXe siècle; histoire littéraire; guerre de Vendée; historiographie révolutionnaire Reynald Secher

EN

French revolution; historical novel; 19th century; history of literature; war of Vendée; revolutionary historiography Reynald Secher

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: XXX
• Issue: Zvláštní číslo – Le monde de la littérature
• Pages: 80-91

Contributors

author

Stanovský Jaroslav

• Université Masaryk/Université Paris-Est

Identifiers

DOI

10.14712/23366729.2020.3.6