Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Drawing on two categories suggested by art historian Michael Fried – absorption and theatricality –, this article suggest a specification relative to how we feel and express a particular emotion: contempt. To better understand the distinction between absorbed and distanced contempt, and all the emotional consequences that ensue, three specific and contrasting examples taken from Flaubert, Baudelaire and Huysmans are analysed here. Keywords: contempt, emotions, Flaubert, Bovary, Baudelaire, Huysmans, dandyism.
Author: Julien Zanetta
Institution: Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Language: English
Topic: French Literature and Poetry
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407143521