| Titre | Anna Karénine : Le dyptique du Ciel et de l'Enfer | |
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| Auteur | François Cornillot | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 23, no 3-4, juillet-décembre 1982 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Essai |
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| Page | 391-404 | |
| Résumé anglais |
François Cornillot, Anna Karenina: the diptych of Heaven and Hell.
According to the initial plan of the author, the story of Anna Karenina was to be that of a downfall, the description of a drama lived by "a married woman, belonging to the high society, who had sinned". However, as a result of a long maturation, this initial story is finally counterbalanced by a second plot - the ascent and the spiritual emergence of Levin. This second theme seems even to take precedence on the first in the mind of Tolstoy. At least, that is suggested by the final composition of his work, in spite of its title: Anna's sin serves as a foil to Levin's triumph.
By opposing to each other two models of life, the author seems to have written two models within one. However, to adopt such a view would be to misunderstand the outline given to the story and the author's profound intention: the extraordinary unity of these two volets of the great diptych is constituted by the intensity of the insight of a visionary artist discovering and exploring for us the ways of Heaven and Hell. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1982_num_23_3_1958 |
