| Titre | L'image de Napoléon dans la culture populaire russe au XIXe siècle | |
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| Auteur | Alexandre V Tchoudinov | |
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Revue | Revue des Etudes Slaves |
| Numéro | Vol. 83, no 4, 2012 1812, la campagne de Russie. Histoire et représentations | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 1061-1069 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The Image of Napoleon in the 19th Century Russian Popular Culture
In the Russian folklore of the 19th century, the image of a foreign enemy whether it was a Tatar or a Pole, a Turk or a Frenchman, was often composed according to a traditional archetype : the overseas enemy was always a furious robber and a destroyer of Orthodox faith. The image was vague : a Tatar could easily be replaced by a Pole, a Turk by a Frenchman without any damage for its essence. Russian ethnographic researches at the end of the 19th century show that, of all foreign historical figures, only Napoleon was known by Russian peasants practically across all Russia. They approved the defeat of his Great Army in 1812, but paradoxically spoke of the French emperor himself with some sympathy. Having investigated the evolution of Napoleon's image in Russian national culture throughout the 19th century, the author of the article has come to the conclusion that such a discrepancy may be explained by the existence among Russians of a legend about Napoleon's role as a possible liberator of serfs from serfdom. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/slave_0080-2557_2012_num_83_4_8294 |
