“Feux” by Marguerite Yourcenar, for chorus and solo voice

Authors

  • Serena Codena University of Pavia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i8.11487

Keywords:

Greeck myth, chorus, Feux, performing arts

Abstract

This contribution, through a thematic analysis based on inner intertextuality, explores the choral element in a collection of mythological lyric prose pieces by Marguerite Yourcenar (Feux), characterized by the alternation between a lyric self, through a sentimental journal, and mythological tales based on those of the Greek heroines. Some of these stories are often used in theatrical contexts as isolated monologues. This theatrical choice might lead to consider Feux as a set of lyric fragments which are autonomous and extractable from their context; this article, however, aims to illustrate the purely choral element of the nine tales, making the work’s structure much more complex and at the same time more unitary.

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Author Biography

Serena Codena, University of Pavia

Serena Codena obtained a PhD in French Literature at the University of Pavia and held a Post-Doc position at the same university, working on a project entitled Marguerite Yourcenar and the Ancient Mediterranean. She worked mainly on Yourcenar’s drama and her early literary production; she published a book entitled Le Minotaure de Yourcenar. Histoire d’une pièce (L’Harmattan, 2021) which won the SUSLLF’s French Laboratory Award.

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Published

2024-12-28

How to Cite

Codena, S. (2024). “Feux” by Marguerite Yourcenar, for chorus and solo voice. SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (8), 233–250. https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i8.11487

Issue

No. 8 (2024): Simultaneity and polyphony. Choir voices in contemporary drama and the arts

Section

Sezione monografica

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