![]() ![]() ![]() Using a close reading analysis, this dissertation addresses questions pertaining to literary history and the evolution of genres that represent life writing. It also addresses issues related to style, method, memory and commemoration, and the relationship between the author, the reader and posterity. Through remarks about ‘lives,’ biographies and the genres that are related to them–panegyrics, funeral orations, notices, histories, etc.–this study deals with topics that go beyond the field of literature, such as history and historiography, philosophy, musical criticism and autobiography. Just as critics have brought to light questions of literary genre suggested in Stendhal’s novels and have uncovered the main trends with which novelistic elements can be associated, this study aims at contextualizing The Life of Haydn (1814), The Life of Napoleon (1817-1818), The Life of Rossini (1823) and The Life of Henry Brulard (1835-1836) within the evolution of the biography genre throughout time, and more particularly at the beginning of the Romantic era in France. This dissertation analyzes the generic questions raised by Stendhal’s biographies. ![]()
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