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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s ‘Entretiens’ (1773): Rewriting Fontenelle
Early Modern French Studies Pub Date : 2018-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/20563035.2018.1539357
Robin Howells 1
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This study, both structuralist and diachronic, compares two sets of fictional dialogues which mark the beginning and the end of the Enlightenment. These are the Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes of Fontenelle (1686-7), and – far less well-known – the ‘Entretiens sur les arbres, les fleurs et les fruits’ of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (a segment within his Voyage à l’île de France, 1773). The debt of Bernardin’s dialogues to their predecessor has been asserted in general terms, but here the relationship is examined systematically. The first part of the article offers a comparison between the two works in terms of genre, target readership, internal structure, speakers (male and female), topic and theme. The second part sets out a series of close similarities on the textual level, confirming beyond doubt the influence of Fontenelle’s work on Bernardin. But the dialogues of 1773 can also be perceived as re-writing those of 1686-7. Fontenelle’s Entretiens declare for a ‘scientific’ universe that works like a machine, and for elite sociable pleasures which are equally Modernist. Bernardin’s ‘Entretiens’, anticipating his Études de la nature (1784), repudiate the mechanical in favour of an organic world of nature infused with spirit, foreshadowing Romanticism and also the French Revolution.

中文翻译:

伯纳丁·德·圣·皮埃尔(Bernardin de Saint-Pierre)的《 Entretiens》(1773年):重写丰泰纳尔

这项结构主义和历时性的研究比较了两组虚构的对话,它们标志着启蒙运动的开始和结束。这些是丰特内尔的多元世界企业家(1686-7),以及-鲜为人知的是-圣伯纳德·伯纳丁(Bernardin de Saint-Pierre)的“ Entretiens sur les arbres,les fleurs et lesfruits”(航程的一部分) àl'îlede France,1773年)。伯纳丁的对话对其前任的欠债已被大体断言,但在此系统地检查了这种关系。本文的第一部分在体裁,目标读者,内部结构,演讲者(男性和女性),主题和主题方面对这两部作品进行了比较。第二部分列出了一系列在文本层面上的相似之处,毫无疑问地证实了丰特内尔的作品对伯纳丁的影响。但是1773年的对话也可以看作是重写1686-7年的对话。丰特内尔(Fontenelle)的企业家宣称拥有像机器一样工作的“科学”宇宙,以及具有同样现代主义意义的上乘社交乐趣。伯纳丁(Bernardin)的《企业家》(Entretiens)预计他的大自然(Étudesde la nature)(1784年),摒弃了机械原理,而是向充满精神的自然有机世界倾斜,预示着浪漫主义和法国大革命。
更新日期:2018-07-03
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