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[en] THE PORTUGUESE TILES OF THE ORDEM TERCEIRA DE SÃO FRANCISCO IN SALVADOR, BAHIA: A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF PORTUGUESE BAROQUE POLITICAL CULTURE DURING THE REIGN OF D. JOÃO V / [pt] OS AZULEJOS DA ORDEM TERCEIRA DE SÃO FRANCISCO DE SALVADOR: UMA REPRESENTAÇÃO SIMBÓLICA DA CULTURA POLÍTICA BARROCA PORTUGUESA NO BRASIL DURANTE O REINADO DE D. JOÃO VMARIA EDUARDA CASTRO MAGALHAES MARQUES 03 March 2005 (has links)
[pt] A presente dissertação tem por objeto de estudo o acervo
azulejar setecentista instalado no claustro e na sala do
consistório do edifício dos irmãos franciscanos de
Salvador, cujos programas iconográficos representam,
respectivamente, cenas da Entrada festiva em Lisboa em
homenagem ao casamento de D. José, então Príncipe do
Brasil, com a Princesa da Astúrias Dona Maria Ana Vitória
de Bourbon, ocorrida em 12 de fevereiro de 1729; e dez
vistas do lado oriental da cidade de Lisboa. Embora se
trate de um objeto de natureza pictórica de grande valor
documental - já que constitui um registro único em suporte
cerâmico da capital do Império antes do terremoto de 1755 -
a tese se desenvolve na fronteira teórica da história da
arte e da história cultural. O acervo azulejar é analisado
enquanto uma representação simbólica inerente à cultura
política barroca portuguesa prevalecente durante o reinado
de D. João V. A pesquisa revela como o conjunto de azulejos
desvia do padrão temático-iconográfico dos templos
franciscanos da Escola Franciscana do Nordeste, em cuja
azulejaria predominam temas religiosos. Também procura
refletir sobre as especificidades das injunções persuasivas
do poder monárquico joanino, que aliava a religião católica
à grandiloquência do aparato cerimonial e representativo.
No contexto da colônia, a instalação dos silhares no templo
dos irmãos franciscanos, contendo cenas laicas referentes
às efemérides reais, testemunham as relações privilegiadas
entre o monarca e os membros da Ordem, oriundos da elite
agrária local, principais contribuintes do imposto para o
casamento real. / [en] This dissertation aims to study the Portuguese tiles in the
cloisters and the consistory room of the building belonging
to the Third Order of Franciscans in Salvador, Bahia, the
iconography of which depicts, respectively, scenes of the
festival (Entrada) held to celebrate the wedding of D José,
Prince of Brazil, with Dona Maria Ana Vitoria de Bourbon,
Princess of Asturias, on 12 February 1729, and ten views of
the eastern part of the city of Lisbon. Although it deals
with an object of a pictorial nature and one of great
documentary value, since it constitutes a unique record in
tiles of the capital of the Portuguese empire before the
1755 earthquake, the thesis seeks to locate itself on the
theoretical frontier of the art history and of cultural
history. The tiles are analysed as a symbolic representation
of Portuguese baroque political culture during the reign of
D. Joao V. The research reveals how these particular tiles
deviate from the typical thematiciconographic model of
Franciscan temples of the Northeastern Franciscan School in
which tiles have predominantly had religious themes. The
thesis also reflects on the specificities of joanine
monarchical power, its persuasive practices which allied
Catholic religion to grandiloquent ceremonial apparatus. In
the context of the colony the installation of the tiles in
the temple of the Franciscan brothers in Salvador,
comprising secular scenes depicting the royal cerimonies, is
an evidence of the privileged relationship between the
Portuguese crown and the members of the Third Order, who
were drawn from the local landowning elite and who were the
principal contributors of the tax imposed for the royal
wedding.
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À la recherche de Proserpine : la loggia du palais épiscopal de Bagnaia au temps du cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi (1541-1550)Herbert, Cassandre 09 1900 (has links)
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La Reforma Catòlica a la muntanya catalana a través de les visites pastorals: els bisbats de Girona i Vic (1587-1800)Solà Colomer, Xavier, 1972- 29 September 2005 (has links)
La present tesi vol explicar la implantació de la Reforma Catòlica en una sèrie de parròquies rurals dels bisbats de Girona (valls de Ridaura, Bas, Hostoles i Amer) i Vic (El Collsacabra i les valls de Susqueda i Sau), entre 1587 i 1800, des dels bisbes posttrentins Jaume Caçador i Pedro Jaime als il·lustrats Tomàs de Lorenzana i Francisco de Veyan. La documentació principal són les sèries de les visites pastorals conservades a l'Arxiu Diocesà de Girona i l'Arxiu Episcopal de Vic; paral·lelament, s'ha reforçat amb documentació parroquial (llibres sagramentals, consuetes, llibres d'obra i confraries), protocols notarials (notaries de Rupit, Sant Feliu de Pallerols, El Mallol i Amer) i impresos episcopals. Els manaments de les visites pastorals s'han contrastat, amb semblances i diferències, amb els decrets del concili de Trento, de les constitucions provincials tarraconenses i les sinodals gironines i vigatanes, i amb les evidències artístiques, arquitectòniques i arqueològiques. Tots ells han servit per demostrar la lentitud en la implantació del programa tridentí, que s'assoleix, de fet, amb força retard (ben entrat el segle XVIII). / The present thesis tries to explain the implantation of the Catholic Reform in a few rural parish churches in the bishoprics of Girona (Valleys of Ridaura, Bas, Hostoles and Amer) and Vic (El Collsacabra and Valleys of Susqueda and Sau), from 1587 to 1800, from the post-Trent bishops Jaume Caçador and Pedro Jaime to Illustrated Tomàs de Lorenzana and Francisco de Veyan. The main sources of information are the pastoral bishop visits. These series are well preserved in the Arxiu Diocesà de Girona and the Arxiu Episcopal de Vic. We also have added some other documents: parish registers, notary books (from Rupit, Sant Feliu de Pallerols, El Mallol i Amer) and bishop printed material. We have contrasted the orders from the bishops visits with the decrees from the Council of Trent, the Constitutions of the Tarraconense Province and the Synodal Constitutions of Girona and Vic, and the artistic, architectural and archaeological evidences. All of them have shown the slow pace and the delay of the enterprise.
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O Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental e os argumentos sobre a reforma psiquiátrica no Rio Grande do Sul : relações sociais e princípios de justificaçãoRussczyk, Jaqueline January 2008 (has links)
Ce mémoire est a comme sujet les arguments produits dans les litiges qui impliquent les conceptions sur la santé mentale, présente dans les justifications et les actions des acteurs sociaux impliqués dans les discussions relatives à la maladie mentale au Rio Grande de Sul, dans un contexte de Contre-Réforme Psychiatrique. Cette étude vise à déterminer si c'est à partir de certaines relations sociales parmi les acteurs sociaux que les justifications et les actions sont produites. L'objet de cette étude est composé par les relations sociales et les arguments produits par les membres du Forum Gaucho de Santé Mentale à Porto Alegre. On utilise l’analyse relationnelle ainsi que la référence théorique de Michel Foucault et la sociologie pragmatique de Luc Boltanski. Il a été constaté qu’à partir d’une mise en cause sur la manière dont la configuration du Forum Gaucho de la Santé Mentale se concentre sur les principes de la justification employée par les acteurs sociaux appartenant au groupe, qu'il y a des idées différentes sur la santé mentale au sein du Forum et qu’il existe une prévalence de certains principes de la justification dans le discours une fois qu’il y a une prévalence de certains acteurs sociaux qui dépeint le discours. Pour bien mener cette investigation, dix représentants du Forum Gaucho de la santé mentale à Porto Alegre ont été interviewés et on a utilisé comme procédure méthodologique l'observation, ainsi que l'interview avec l'utilisation d'un script écrit. Après l'achèvement des entretiens, on a fait l'analyse de contenu. / Esta dissertação tem como tema os argumentos produzidos nas disputas envolvendo as concepções sobre saúde mental, presentes nas justificações e ações dos atores sociais envolvidos nas discussões referentes à Reforma Psiquiátrica, no Rio Grande de Sul, em um contexto de Contra-Reforma Psiquiátrica. O presente estudo tem como finalidade verificar se é a partir de determinadas relações sociais entre os atores sociais que as justificações e as ações são produzidas. O objeto deste estudo são as relações sociais e os argumentos produzidos pelos integrantes do Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental de Porto Alegre. Utiliza-se a análise relacional, bem como o referencial teórico de Michel Foucault e a sociologia pragmática de Luc Boltanski. Foi verificado, a partir do questionamento de como a configuração do Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental incide sobre os princípios de justificação mobilizados pelos atores sociais pertencentes ao grupo, que há concepções diferenciadas sobre saúde mental dentro do Fórum e há a prevalência de determinados princípios de justificação no discurso porque há uma prevalência de determinados atores sociais que veiculam este discurso. Para a realização desta pesquisa, foram entrevistados dez representantes do Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental de Porto Alegre e utilizou-se como procedimento metodológico a observação, bem como a entrevista com o uso de um roteiro escrito. Após a realização das entrevistas, efetuou-se a análise de conteúdo. / The subject of this thesis is composed by the arguments produced in disputes involving conceptions about mental health present in the justifications and actions of social actors involved in discussions relating to Psychiatry Reformation in Rio Grande de Sul, in a context of Psychiatry Counter-Reformation. This study aims to check whether it is from certain social relations among the social actors that justifications and actions are produced. The object of this study is composed by the social relations and the arguments produced by members of the Forum Gaucho of Mental Health in Porto Alegre. It is used the relational analysis as weel as the theoretical reference to Michel Foucault and to the Luc Boltanski’s pragmatic sociology. It was found from the question of how the configuration of the Forum Gaucho of Mental Health focuses on the principles of justification employed by social actors belonging to the group, that there are different ideas about mental health within the Forum and there is the prevalence of certain principles of justification in the speech because there is a prevalence of certain social actors who portrayed the speech. To carry out this survey, ten representatives of the Forum Gaucho of Mental Health in Porto Alegre were interviewed and it was used as a methodological procedure the observation, as well as the interview using a script writing. After the nterview completion, it was the analysis of content.
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O Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental e os argumentos sobre a reforma psiquiátrica no Rio Grande do Sul : relações sociais e princípios de justificaçãoRussczyk, Jaqueline January 2008 (has links)
Ce mémoire est a comme sujet les arguments produits dans les litiges qui impliquent les conceptions sur la santé mentale, présente dans les justifications et les actions des acteurs sociaux impliqués dans les discussions relatives à la maladie mentale au Rio Grande de Sul, dans un contexte de Contre-Réforme Psychiatrique. Cette étude vise à déterminer si c'est à partir de certaines relations sociales parmi les acteurs sociaux que les justifications et les actions sont produites. L'objet de cette étude est composé par les relations sociales et les arguments produits par les membres du Forum Gaucho de Santé Mentale à Porto Alegre. On utilise l’analyse relationnelle ainsi que la référence théorique de Michel Foucault et la sociologie pragmatique de Luc Boltanski. Il a été constaté qu’à partir d’une mise en cause sur la manière dont la configuration du Forum Gaucho de la Santé Mentale se concentre sur les principes de la justification employée par les acteurs sociaux appartenant au groupe, qu'il y a des idées différentes sur la santé mentale au sein du Forum et qu’il existe une prévalence de certains principes de la justification dans le discours une fois qu’il y a une prévalence de certains acteurs sociaux qui dépeint le discours. Pour bien mener cette investigation, dix représentants du Forum Gaucho de la santé mentale à Porto Alegre ont été interviewés et on a utilisé comme procédure méthodologique l'observation, ainsi que l'interview avec l'utilisation d'un script écrit. Après l'achèvement des entretiens, on a fait l'analyse de contenu. / Esta dissertação tem como tema os argumentos produzidos nas disputas envolvendo as concepções sobre saúde mental, presentes nas justificações e ações dos atores sociais envolvidos nas discussões referentes à Reforma Psiquiátrica, no Rio Grande de Sul, em um contexto de Contra-Reforma Psiquiátrica. O presente estudo tem como finalidade verificar se é a partir de determinadas relações sociais entre os atores sociais que as justificações e as ações são produzidas. O objeto deste estudo são as relações sociais e os argumentos produzidos pelos integrantes do Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental de Porto Alegre. Utiliza-se a análise relacional, bem como o referencial teórico de Michel Foucault e a sociologia pragmática de Luc Boltanski. Foi verificado, a partir do questionamento de como a configuração do Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental incide sobre os princípios de justificação mobilizados pelos atores sociais pertencentes ao grupo, que há concepções diferenciadas sobre saúde mental dentro do Fórum e há a prevalência de determinados princípios de justificação no discurso porque há uma prevalência de determinados atores sociais que veiculam este discurso. Para a realização desta pesquisa, foram entrevistados dez representantes do Fórum Gaúcho de Saúde Mental de Porto Alegre e utilizou-se como procedimento metodológico a observação, bem como a entrevista com o uso de um roteiro escrito. Após a realização das entrevistas, efetuou-se a análise de conteúdo. / The subject of this thesis is composed by the arguments produced in disputes involving conceptions about mental health present in the justifications and actions of social actors involved in discussions relating to Psychiatry Reformation in Rio Grande de Sul, in a context of Psychiatry Counter-Reformation. This study aims to check whether it is from certain social relations among the social actors that justifications and actions are produced. The object of this study is composed by the social relations and the arguments produced by members of the Forum Gaucho of Mental Health in Porto Alegre. It is used the relational analysis as weel as the theoretical reference to Michel Foucault and to the Luc Boltanski’s pragmatic sociology. It was found from the question of how the configuration of the Forum Gaucho of Mental Health focuses on the principles of justification employed by social actors belonging to the group, that there are different ideas about mental health within the Forum and there is the prevalence of certain principles of justification in the speech because there is a prevalence of certain social actors who portrayed the speech. To carry out this survey, ten representatives of the Forum Gaucho of Mental Health in Porto Alegre were interviewed and it was used as a methodological procedure the observation, as well as the interview using a script writing. After the nterview completion, it was the analysis of content.
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Lucrezia Gonzaga et Ortensio Lando. Enjeux et contraintes d'un camouflage épistolaire (1552) / Lucrezia Gonzaga and Ortensio Lando. Horizons and Constraints of an Epistolary Camouflage (1552)Simonetta, Elisabetta 11 December 2017 (has links)
Les lettres de Lucrezia Gonzaga da Gazzuolo (1524-1576), imprimées pour la première fois à Venise en 1552 et republiées en 2009 seulement, constituent un riche corpus épistolaire en partie inexploré qui n’a pas encore fait l’objet d’une étude systématique. Les quelques travaux critiques qui nous ont introduit à une lecture du recueil montraient la pertinence d’une vaste analyse intertextuelle de ce livre de lettres. Notre étude a révélé la présence constante et multiforme de la figure intellectuelle de son éditeur non déclaré : le polygraphe Ortensio Lando. Son choix éditorial consistant à miser sur l’exemplarité que Lucrezia incarnait dans son vécu à la fois actif et tragique découle de l’importance croissante que l’industrie culturelle accordait aux femmes-auteurs et, par conséquent, au public féminin.Sur le recueil pèse le doute d’une paternité problématique qui nous a conduit à placer au centre de notre réflexion le rapport d’interdépendance qui liait étroitement Lucrezia à Ortensio Lando. La thèse révèle la dépendance formelle et thématique des lettres par rapport à l’écriture ‘irrégulière’ du polygraphe irrévérencieux. Cela permet de dévoiler toute l’ampleur d’une tortueuse initiative éditoriale conçue et orchestrée par Lando dont la visée principale s’est avérée être la diffusion d’une nouvelle forme de dissidence spirituelle inspirée par la Philosophia Christi d’Érasme. Face à une crise religieuse croissante, cette diffusion, qui passe à travers l’usage de l’imprimerie, repose sur le succès retentissant du ‘livre de lettres’ et se manifeste, entre autres, par un prosélytisme réformiste complexe. Les lettres s’insèrent ainsi dans un univers littéraire enchevêtré qui concerne d’un côté les écrits de Lando publiés entre 1550 et 1554 et de l’autre, le vilipendé Enchiridion militis christiani d’Érasme, et elles deviennent, dans un moment d’intensification des contrôles inquisitoriaux, une forme discrète de diffusion de positions religieuses hétérodoxes. Le recueil représente aussi un terrain d’enquête fertile pour réfléchir sur le statut de la lettre en tant qu’instrument de diffusion de la modernité et d’affirmation socioculturelle de la femme cultivée, mais aussi pour évoquer des questions méta-littéraires telles que les notions d’autorité, d’authenticité et d’auctorialité, et pour s’interroger sur les possibilités et les limites éditoriales d’une consécration littéraire des femmes. / Lucrezia Gonzaga da Gazzuolo’s (1524-1576) Lettere, first published in 1552 in Venice and reprinted in 2009 only, constitutes a rich epistolary corpus that remains relatively untouched, not having been studied systematically yet.The few academic studies that introduced us to this volume of letters made apparent the need for an extensive analysis of it, with a focus on its intertextuality. Our work reveals the constant, if many-faceted, intellectual presence of Lucrezia’s unofficial editor: the polygraph Ortensio Lando. His editorial decisions capitalize on Lucrezia’s exemplarity, given her misfortunes and active daily life, and on the growing importance of women authors in the cultural industry and, in turn, of women readers.Suspicions of a not-so-straightforward authorship prompted us to center our reflection on the tight relation of interdependence between the gentlewoman and the writer. Our study sheds light on the formal and thematic influence of the irreverent polygraph’s ‘irregular’ writing style on Lucrezia’s letters. This leads us to uncover the full scope of a tortuous publishing project, conceived and orchestrated by Lando, aiming crucially at propagating a new strain of spiritual dissidence, inspired by Erasmus’s Philosophia Christi. Such dissemination, in face of rising religious tensions, would rely on the overwhelming demand for ‘letterbooks’, and take the form, among others, of a complex and reformist proselytism. The letters are thus part of an intricate literary universe ranging from the writings of Lando published between 1550 and 1554 to Erasmus’s much-maligned Enchiridion militis christiani. During a time of increased inquisitorial control and interventions, epistolography become a discrete means of heterodox religious propaganda. The collection of letters also opens up a promising field of investigations and research on the letter: first as a tool to broadcast modern ideas as well as the socio-cultural claims of learned women, but also as a crux for meta-literary issues such as authority, authenticity and auctoriality, and finally a springboard for reflecting on the editorial possibilities and limitations acting upon the literary consecration of women.
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A contra-reforma do Estado e o financiamento da seguridade social: 1995 a 2002Sader, Débora 30 October 2006 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2006-10-30 / Trata do financiamento da Seguridade Social no Brasil no contexto da contra-reforma do Estado na década de 1990 e início dos anos 2000, focando o período do governo Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995 2002). A Seguridade é uma das formas da intervenção pública do governo, com o objetivo de promover sua legitimação. A partir de uma problematização teórico-histórica sobre a teoria do Estado, base para os estudos, é discutida a construção do conceito de Seguridade no país e a regulamentação das políticas que a compõem Previdência, Assistência e Saúde , além da contra-reforma do Estado no Brasil e seus efeitos sobre essa política. Apresenta considerações sobre as alterações nas políticas componentes da Seguridade, discorrendo sobre a contra-reforma da Previdência Social com a incorporação da lógica atuarial à concessão dos benefícios; sobre a assistencialização das políticas sociais e o aumento dos gastos com a Assistência Social, ainda que em nível insuficiente para lidar com as mazelas sociais do país; e sobre o processo de implantação do Sistema Único de Saúde, que trouxe uma valorização da atenção básica à saúde e dos mecanismos de descentralização dos recursos, ficando os municípios responsáveis por boa parte da operacionalização e financiamento da política. A partir da discussão sobre o financiamento público, é ressaltada a predominância da valorização financeira do capital com a destinação de parcela crescente dos recursos arrecadados pelo governo para garantir a acumulação. Os principais mecanismos nesse sentido são os instrumentos de desvinculação das receitas, agora comprometidas com o pagamento dos juros da dívida, e as metas de resultado primário positivo. A intervenção pública dos anos 90 pautou-se pela busca da estabilização da economia, sobre-valorizando a importância de uma política econômica de cunho contracionista e conduzindo a cortes nos gastos públicos para a área social com a finalidade de pagar parte dos juros da dívida pública, ou seja, remunerar o capital especulativo e manter calmos, ou melhor, satisfeitos, os ditos mercados . Na medida em que avançou a penetração da ideologia neoliberal na sociedade e a utilização dos recursos arrecadados em nome da Seguridade para os gastos específicos foi reduzida, as possibilidades para a efetivação dessa política enquanto intervenção pública consolidada pioraram, dependendo cada vez mais de uma mobilização social nesse sentido.
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Toucher le coeur : confrontations du théâtre et des pratiques de piété en France au XVIIe siècle / Printing the Heart : confrontations between Theater and Liturgy in Seventeenth-Century FranceL'hopital, Servane 11 December 2015 (has links)
La confrontation du théâtre et de la liturgie est un lieu commun de la pensée. Il est un motif rhétorique récurrent chez les pères de l’Église pour définir a contrario et par surenchère le bon ethos du chrétien à l’Église. Ce tour de pensée ecclésiastique, typique de la synthèse augustinienne de la rhétorique antique et du christianisme, n’est pas seulement un héritage livresque au XVIIe siècle. Il est particulièrement pertinent à la vue des enjeux auxquels est confrontée l’Église catholique : elle doit répondre aux accusations protestantes, qui traitaient la messe de farce ; le théâtre renouvelé de l’antique se rétablit grâce au soutien du pouvoir, se sédentarise et devient un divertissement régulier. Cette banalité nouvelle fait de la Comédie, aux yeux des augustiniens, le lieu d’une « représentation vive » et continuelle des passions du monde, particulièrement de l’amour et de l’honneur : le théâtre apparaît comme une liturgie inversée. Là où les pratiques de piété sont censées amoindrir les passions et nourrir la foi, le théâtre excite les passions et étouffe l’esprit de prière. La querelle de la moralité au théâtre montre non seulement une concurrence morale, mais aussi psychique et affective. Les deux représentations prétendent susciter la présence d’esprit et « toucher » le cœur, voire lui « imprimer des mouvements ». La messe est qualifiée de « représentation vive du sacrifice de la croix », pendant laquelle le fidèle doit se remémorer vivement le sacrifice christique et sa signification grâce à une lecture allégorique, et se l’appliquer à lui-même. Par la considération et l’accomplissement de cérémonies, par la vocalisation des psaumes, le fidèle est invité à produire des « actes » du cœur pour s’unir à Jésus-Christ. Ce rapport au texte comme trace à suivre, et ce rapport au corps et à la voix comme media pour s’auto-exciter, expliquent pourquoi les comédiens professionnels sont condamnés par les dévots : ils excitent en eux les passions contraires à l’Esprit saint, ils rappellent des sentiments qu’un pénitent ne pourrait pas se remémorer sans « horreur ». La « représentation » est alors conçue comme un effort de remémoration.Le rétablissement du théâtre à l’antique nécessitait un discours pour en éclairer les visées et en légitimer l’existence dans une société chrétienne et monarchique. Traduire la mimesis aristotélicienne par « représentation » plutôt que par « imitation » rendait le théâtre beaucoup plus proche de la liturgie et lui ajoutait les connotations de vue, de présence et de mémoire. Le débat entre plaire et instruire est un débat entre théâtre-divertissement et théâtre-cérémonie. Incomber au théâtre la fonction d’instruire, c’était le rapprocher d’une prédication et de la messe, car instruire, signifiait instruire chrétiennement. L’échec de sanctification du théâtre des années 1640 fit conclure à une incompatibilité du théâtre avec la folie et la modestie chrétienne, mais la possibilité d’une instruction civique par le théâtre émerge à la fin du siècle. Le théâtre participe de la construction d’une morale laïque. / The confrontation between liturgy and theater is a topos of the discourses which reveal deeply-rooted issues of representation in the seventeenth century. This commonplace had been a recurrent rhetorical device in the patristic sermons, where it emphasized the differences between Christianity and paganism. It is vigorously reactivated in seventeenth-century France as the Catholic Church faces its Calvinist critics, who accuse mass of being a comedy. Profane theater becomes a regular and professional kind of entertainment in the city and at the court, thanks to the protection of the royal power. This is why it is seen by Augustinians as a recurrent “lively representation” of the values of the world, such as love and honor, which are contradictory to the celestial Christian spirit. Treatises against Comedy written by Christian zealots reveal not only a moral, but also an emotional and psychological competition between liturgical practices and theater. Both “representations” try to force the presence of the mind and to touch, or even to print, the heart. The mass is then qualified as the “lively representation” of the Passion of the Christ, during which Catholic prayers must commemorate the mystery of divine sacrifice. By considering and acting out ceremonies, by vocalizing prayers, the believer is invited to produce certain acts of the heart and to unite with Christ, applying the Christ’s sacrifice to himself. Thus, the believer can be assimilated to an existential comedian on the divine stage : he actively involves his sensibility in the imitation of the great Christian model, by entering into the spirit of the psalms. This relationship to the text as a vestige to follow, this use of the voice and the body as mediums to excite devotion, explain the condemnation of the professional comedian by the Christian zealots (dévots). Indeed, the comedian is seen as someone who excites his own passions, playing a dangerous game with his heart and reminding himself of former worldly passions which can only lessen his faith.The reestablishment of theater questions the legitimacy, the definition and the goals of this art in a Christian society. Translating mimesis by “representation” and not “imitation” brought the theater closer to the liturgy. The discourses on theater in the 1620s and 1630s show that the authors tended to see a memorial, reiterative and visual dimension in theater that was not present in Aristotle. The debates finally conclude on the definition of theater as an honest form of entertainment rather than as a living form of instruction, namely because the latter was the responsibility of predication and mass. Saint Thomas could justify theater as a way of merely releasing the mind without interesting the heart or touching the soul ; at that time, indeed, instruction meant Christian instruction. In the 1640s, to please the devout Spanish queen Anne of Austria, several playwrights did attempt to call back the theater to its former institutional position by assimilating it with religious ceremony and creating sanctified tragedies. But this attempt failed for both poetic and political reasons. The disposition of the spectators in the city was not to be instructed. The theater was finally recognized as incompatible with Christian folly and modesty, but slowly participated in the formation of a secular morality in a new civic sphere.
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