The redemption of the gaze: the crisis of observation in the "fin de siècle" and the advent of cinema

The intention of this article is not to affirm, but rather to question wether it is possible to speak of a loss of the ability to gaze in the context of the nineteenth century and especially in the context of the fin de siècle, in the bosom of the epistemological crisis that beset the Turn of the Century. And very especially, this article tries to question about the impact this crisis had, perhaps, in the birth of cinema. Is in this context that arises the work of Marey and the advent of the cinematograph of the Lumière brothers in the fin de siècle Europe, both of them showing a deep faith in a mechanical apparatus that would allow the redemption of a battered gaze. And it seems to be a dream that continues over time through the tradition of shooting the everyday life.

Nana, Prostitution and the Textual Foundations of Zola’s 'Au Bonheur des Dames'

This article considers the textual forces operating in Au Bonheur des Dames, Zola's 1883 novel on modern commerce. It proposes that, with its echoes of the disorderly impulses that governed the infamous prostitute Nana earlier in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, coupled with its appreciation of the benefits of regulation, the dynamics of controlled and contained prostitution constitute the energy which fuels an efficient and successful business model in Au Bonheur des Dames. By closely analyzing both texts as well as Zola's preparatory documents, and borrowing from Genette's theories of intertextuality, this study reads Nana as a pre-historic hypotext, buried in the textual chantier from which the structure of Au Bonheur des Dames emerges.

Antologia de textos sobre naturalismo

Cartas, conferências críticas, artigos de Antoine sobre Diderot, Zola, Strindberg, Stanislavski, sobre a interpretação, a critica, a encenação e o ensino no conservatoire

La canalla

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Lourdes

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Nana

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Páginas de oro

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El dinero

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La confesión de Claudio

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La conquista de Plassans

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Nuevos cuentos a Ninon

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La debacle (El desastre)

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El doctor Pascual

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La alegría de vivir

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