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Marriage and Power (Images of Authority)

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Biliarsky I.

Studia Ceranea

2015

vol. 5

9-32

This article is devoted to the question concerning the conceptualization of power and its religious basis in pre-modern societies, carried out through a study of the inauguration rituals – especially the marriage – that mark not only the instigation of the power of the ruler but also suggests its religious basis, conceptualization and justification. It is grounded on source material from Byzantium and its legacy in the countries of South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. The analysis has shown the woman as legitimating power in the case of royalty in connection with its correspondence to marriage. The legitimation and confirmation of the kingship in some pagan cultures passed through a hierogamy, conceived as a unity with the universal harmony in the image of a chthonic goddess. From the Christian point of view the relations between the royal bride and the bridegroom was under the archetypal model of the relation of Jesus Christ to His Church. He (Christ and the christian ruler) became a priest and king of the order of Melchisedek. That is why the rite of passage to Kingship corresponds to that of marriage, instituted by Lord Jesus Christ under the model of His own relation to the Church.

L’armée, livre des hommes : passeurs de symboles et personnages liminaires dans Servitude et grandeur militaires d’Alfred de Vigny

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Diaz-Brosseau J.

Quêtes littéraires

2019

issue 9

44-55

During his time in the army, Vigny noticed the slow and inevitable disappearance of the old grumblers. For him, these antique men are both archaic and noble, which is why, with Servitude et grandeur militaires, he tries to criticize the military institution, and record the teachings of these veterans simultaneously. These men represent a particular type of master, as their teachings must be both received and surpassed. Following the logic of rites of passage, we propose an ethnocritic reading of Vigny’s poetic, and try to reconstruct the narrative architecture of a pedagogical experience. We believe the latter is organized around the presence of liminal characters which serve as transmitters. We then study the narrator’s critical appropriation of these teachings, which we read as a mise en abyme of the critical attitude to which Vigny invites his readers. This way, we bring out the formative value of the fiction of that romantic writer.

Pendant son passage dans l’armée, Vigny a constaté la lente et inévitable disparition des vieux grognards. Ces hommes au caractère antique lui apparaissaient à la fois archaïques et nobles, c’est pourquoi, avec Servitude et grandeur militaires, il cherche à la fois à critiquer l’institution militaire et à conserver les enseignements de ces vétérans. Ces hommes sont présentés comme des maîtres à penser d’une nature particulière, ils sont à la fois des exemples à suivre et à dépasser. Suivant la logique des rites initiatiques, nous proposons une lecture ethnocritique de la poétique vignyenne qui s’attarde à reconstruire l’architecture narrative d’une expérience pédagogique. Celle-ci se structure autour de la présence de personnages liminaires servant de passeurs. Nous nous penchons ensuite sur l’appropriation critique de ces enseignements par le narrateur, appropriation que nous lisons comme une mise en abyme de l’attitude critique auquel Vigny convie ses lecteurs. Nous faisons ainsi ressortir la visée formatrice de l’écriture romanesque de l’écrivain romantique.

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Marriage and Power (Images of Authority)

L’armée, livre des hommes : passeurs de symboles et personnages liminaires dans Servitude et grandeur militaires d’Alfred de Vigny