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Cette étude montre comment une production polygraphique du début du XVIIe siècle (celle de Guillaume Colletet, 1616-1658), dont la forme résulte de contraintes extérieures à des motivations proprement littéraires (facteurs socio-économiques, effritement du savoir humaniste au profit d’une culture mondaine ascendante), transcende l’éclatement qui lui est imposé en instrumentalisant la polygraphie comme un levier d’expérimentation littéraire. Dans ce creuset polygraphique, les différents textes ainsi que les grands pôles de la production (poésie, traduction, théorie), qui auraient dû rester hétérogènes, sont consciencieusement mis en relation dans un dialogue fécond. De sorte que, dans un mouvement réflexif et autocritique permanent, pratique et théorie, en interaction perpétuelle, s’entremêlent, en même temps que l’œuvre n’en finit plus de se réécrire. Ce faisant, s’élabore un va et vient dialectique, ciment des différentes productions, les constituant de facto en Œuvre. Mais bien plus, étant elle-même mouvement de reprise permanent, elle incite à replacer, au-delà d’elle, toutes les œuvres dans le temps progressif de leur fabrication et plus généralement dans l’histoire, ouvrant la porte à l’écriture d’une Histoire littéraire critique éminemment moderne. Un tel exemple incite à terme à ouvrir une réflexion de l’ordre de la philosophie de l’art : quelles sont les conséquences sur la conception du Beau d’une œuvre qui ne se pense plus comme un monument, mais comme un mouvement ? / With this study, I’ve tried to show how a polygraphic production from the early seventeenth century (the work of Guillaume Colletet, 1616-1658), shaped by non literary motives (such as social and economic factors, and the crumbling of a humanist knowledge benefitting the rising of society life), can transcend the fragmentation imposed, and this by using polygraphy as a lever for literary experimentation. In this polygraphic melting-pot, the various texts, as well as the main fields of production (poetry, translation, theory), which should have remained heterogeneous, are conscientiously related in a fertile dialogue. As a consequence, theory and practice mingle in constant interaction, in a permanent reflexive and self-criticising movement. Meanwhile, the work never stops re-writing itself. By doing so, a dialectic movement to and fro is created, holding together the various productions, and de facto making them a Work of art. Even more, as it is a movement of permanent recreation, this work prompts us to put back, not only this particular work, but also all the works of art, in their context, i.e in the gradual time of their elaboration, and more generally speaking in history. This paves the way for the elaboration of a critical literary history which is eminently modern. Enventually, such an example leads us to start a reflection in the field of the philosophy of art : what are the consequences on the idea of the Beautiful of a work which is no longer to be thought about as a monument, but as a movement?

Le présent travail, dont le champ de recherche concerne le roman francophone d'Afrique au sud du Sahara, se propose d'analyser la mise en scène de la trajectoire de l'intellectuel africain, des années cinquante à nos jours. Il s'agit précisément de voir la manière dont les productions romanesques africaines de ces soixante dernières années représentent la situation de l'intellectuel dans la société africaine, à travers ses évolutions et ses perspectives. Quel rôle le roman africain de langue française a par le passé consacré au personnage de l'intellectuel et quels sont ses nouveaux modes d'actions et de productions d'idées contribuant aujourd'hui à renforcer ce rôle ? Au moment où, en Afrique, l'opinion publique parle de plus en plus de la faillite ou de la « mort de l'intellectuel africain », nous avons jugé nécessaire d'interroger le roman à ce sujet, à partir d'une sorte de panorama analytique allant de 1950 aux années 2010, pour observer comment la fiction littéraire africaine a longtemps représenté la figure de l'intellectuel et comment cette représentation a évolué au cours des dernières décennies. Empruntant sans cesse ses outils théoriques et méthodologiques à la sociologie de la littérature, cette thèse de doctorat s'interroge sur ce qui est advenu de l'intellectuel africain et sur le positionnement qu'il adopte dans le contexte actuel des sociétés africaines tournées vers la mondialisation. Sous forme d'histoire littéraire, elle présente chaque époque intellectuelle du continent africain à travers ses enjeux identitaires et politiques. Au-delà de ses échecs innombrables, l'intellectuel africain est une figure habitée par une éthique de conviction et de responsabilité. Dans cette perspective, la crise de l'engagement observable chez l'intellectuel évoluant dans le roman africain contemporain, loin d'être le signe de sa « mort » très prochaine, se veut en fait une crise des mutations, où de vieilles modalités d'engagement meurent et de nouvelles cherchent à éclore. / This work, whose research field concerns the French novel of Africa south of the Sahara, is to analyze the direction of the trajectory of the African intellectual, fifties to the present. It is precisely to see how African fiction productions of the last sixty years represent the situation of the intellectual in African society, through its developments and prospects. What French-language African novel role has historically devoted to the character of the intellectual and what are the new modes of action and ideas productions today contribute to strengthening the role? At the time, Africa, public speaking increasingly of the bankruptcy or the "death of the African intellectual," we found it necessary to question the novel on this subject, from a kind analytical panorama from 1950 to the 2010s, to observe how the African literary fiction has long represented the figure of the intellectual representation and how this has evolved over the past decades. Borrowing constantly its theoretical and methodological tools in the sociology of literature, this dissertation examines what happened to the African intellectual and positioning it adopts in the current tour to the African societies globalization. Form of literary history, it has intellectual every time the African continent through its identity and political issues. Beyond its countless failures, the African intellectual is a figure inhabited by an ethic of conviction and responsibility. In this perspective, the crisis of the observable commitment to evolving the intellectual in contemporary African novel, far from being a sign of his "death" imminent, wants it a crisis of change, where old modalities commitment die and new ones seek to hatch.

O presente trabalho se propõe como uma análise detida da plêiade de textos que circularam nos periódicos acadêmicos O acayaba, Ensaios Literários, Ensaios Literários do Ateneu Paulistano e Revista Mensal do Ensaio Filosófico, todos publicados entre 1845-1855. A partir do viés da literatura, intentou-se iluminar o corpus em vias de se delinear o objeto: as discussões polêmicas acerca de propostas poéticas e políticas que se imiscuíram, àquela altura, às discussões de um projeto nacional. Evadindo os painés históricos intepretativos, preferiu-se uma abordagem mais aproximada dos textos, de modo a possibilitar a exploração da densidade de tais temas, discutindo assim questões pertinentes de filosofia da história, estética e retórica que despontam da argumentação presente no corpus. Espera-se que no processo, tenha-se contribuído ainda que minimamente para as discussões acerca do romantismo, evidenciando algumas das diversas tendências intelectuais defendidas por uma mesma geração romântica. Entre as linhas de força analisadas estão a permanência do conceito teísta de Providência Divina, no que tange a filosofia da história, assim como a recepção das modernas teses de extração iluminista (ou contra-iluminista); as interpretações sobre a história nacional, a construção da identidade e do cânone; as incorporações da estética romântica europeia, assim como à resistência a ela por via da longa duração da retórica grecolatina a propor certa desconfiança em relação à modernidade vindoura. Ao cabo, intentou-se demonstrar como fatores tais quais a lógica do mecenato imperial por um lado, a precariedade do sistema literário por outro e ainda, a especificidade da lógica comunitária dos românticos universitários acabaram por produzir um locus único e plural de reflexão no âmbito da história e da estética. / The present dissertation proposes an analysis of a myriad of texts that circulated in the academic journals O acayaba, Ensaios Literários, Ensaios Literários do Ateneu Paulistano and Revista Mensal do Ensaio Filosófico, all published between 1845-1855. From the bias of literature, weve tried to illuminate the corpus in the process of delineating the object: the controversial discussions about poetic and political proposals that at that time were involved in the discussions of a national project. Against historical interpretive panels, a closer approximation of texts was preferred, in order to explore the density of such themes, thus discussing pertinent questions of philosophy of history, aesthetics, and rhetoric emerging from the arguments in the corpus. We hope that in the process, it has contributed even minimally to the discussions about brazilian romanticism, highlighting some of the various intellectual tendencies advocated by the same romantic generation. Among the guidelines analyzed are the permanence of the theistic concept of Divine Providence, as regards the philosophy of history, as well as the reception of modern Enlightenment (or counterenlightenment) theses; interpretations on national history, the construction of identity and the canon; the incorporation of European Romantic aesthetics, as well as resistance to it through the long duration of Greco-Latin rhetoric, thous proposing certain mistrust on the future modernity. At last, weve tried to demonstrate how factors such as the logic of imperial patronage on the one hand, the precariousness of the literary system on the other, and also the specificity of the community logic of university students ended up producing a unique and plural locus of reflection in the scope history and aesthetics.

Orientador: Luiz Roberto Velloso Cairo / Banca: Álvaro Santos Simões Junior / Banca: Marilu Martens Oliveira / Resumo: O presente trabalho tem por objetivo central a leitura da obra do historiador e crítico literário Afrânio Coutinho (1911-2000), bem como a apresentação de seu método crítico, ressaltando o seu pensamento a respeito da literatura como fenômeno estético, fugindo da abordagem positivista, que estudava o fenômeno literário a partir de valores extrínsecos como a biografia do autor, o contexto histórico no qual este estava inserido, dentre outros, sem levar em consideração os fatores intrínsecos do mesmo. Além disso, traça-se um panorama analítico das histórias de literatura brasileira publicadas antes e depois d'A Literatura no Brasil, com considerações a respeito de seus autores. Motivou a realização do trabalho, a necessidade sentida de uma releitura da obra de Afrânio Coutinho, salientando que A Literatura no Brasil, sua principal obra, é um projeto escrito a várias mãos, o que faz dela um vasto painel de múltiplas visões, que leva o leitor à absorção de um número maior de pontos-de-vista a respeito do fato literário. / Abstract: The present dissertation has the work of the literary critic and history scholar Afrânio Coutinho (1911-2000) as its central point, as well as the presentations of his critical method, emphasizing his thoughts about literature as an esthetic phenomenum, leaving behind the positivist approach which studied the literary work from extrinsic values like the author's biography, the historical context in which the work was inserted, among other values, without taking its intrinsic values into account. Besides this, an analytical map of the histories of the Brazilian literature published before and after. A Literatura no Brasil is done, with considerations about its authors. The need to reread the work of Afrânio Coutinho motivated the accomplishment of the dissertation, emphasizing the A Literatura no Brasil, his main work, is a project written by many hands, which makes it a vast panel of multiple visions, that leads the reader to the absorption of a larger number of point-of-view concerning the literary act. / Mestre

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It has often been stated that sea poetry, that is to say literature in which the sea and sea faring find poetic expression, first makes its entry into German literature in the year 1826. The prominent position of the sea and of ships in nineteenth century poetry requires no proof. There is not yet in existence, however, a comprehensive study of the part played by the sea in the corpus of German literature as a whole. The present dissertation represents an attempt to marshal and characterise the materials for such a work.

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