Recreaciones de Barba Azul en lengua francesa

The French versions of the story of the evil Bluebeard and his curious wife are striking in their artistic value and diversity. This paper focuses on six recreations we have decided to highlight for their notable literary merit; these include three opera libretti (Raoul Barbe-Bleue by Michel-Jean Se...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Aceituno Martínez, Eduardo
Format: article
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Murcia
Repository:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/51460
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10201/51460
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bluebeard
Perrault, Charles
French literature
French opera
Contemporary literature
Barba Azul
Literatura francesa
Ópera francesa
Literatura contemporánea
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Summary:The French versions of the story of the evil Bluebeard and his curious wife are striking in their artistic value and diversity. This paper focuses on six recreations we have decided to highlight for their notable literary merit; these include three opera libretti (Raoul Barbe-Bleue by Michel-Jean Sedaine, Barbe-bleue by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, Ariane et Barbe-bleue by Maurice Maeterlinck), a tale (Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-bleue by Anatole France) and two recently published novels (Barbe bleue by Amelie Nothomb and Les Sangs by Audree Wilhelmy). Both the variety of the topics and the multiple portraits of the main character emphasise the talent of the writers in question, as well as the possibilities offered by recreation.