Les fiancés-animaux illustrés du Cabinet des fées
Abstrak
This article explores the representation of animal metamorphosis in some fairy tales by Madame d’Aulnoy (1650-1705) in Clément-Pierre Marillier’s (1740-1808) drawings for the anthology Le Cabinet des fées, published between 1785 and 1789. More specifically, it focuses on two plates belonging to the sub-category of the “betrothed animal”: “Serpentin Vert” and “Le Prince Marcassin”. It suggests that the artist operates a “translation” which alters the trajectory of the text, introducing an explicit as well as implicit form of eroticism. Marillier thus repeats, through the images, the same subversive process that characterized Madame d’Aulnoy’s writing, while at the same time aligning his work with a broader aesthetic of the illustrated series, characterized in late eighteenth century by the desire to elicit the reader’s emotion and sensibility.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
Swann Paradis
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2014
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.4000/feeries.944
- Akses
- Open Access ✓