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Fedra - Jean Racine
Fedra
de Jean Racine es una tragedia clásica que explora el poder destructivo de la pasión, el destino y el conflicto moral. Inspirada en la mitología griega y en las obras de Eurípides y Séneca, la obra sigue a Fedra, esposa del rey Teseo, quien se ve consumida por un amor ilícito e incontrolable hacia su hijastro, Hipólito. Mientras lucha contra sus deseos prohibidos, el engaño y la falta de comunicación conducen a consecuencias trágicas, resaltando la inevitabilidad del destino y los efectos devastadores de la debilidad humana.
Desde su estreno en 1677, Fedra ha sido celebrada por su verso elegante, profundidad psicológica e intensa carga emocional. El dominio de Racine del verso alejandrino francés clásico y su habilidad para retratar el tormento del alma humana han asegurado a la obra un lugar entre las más grandes del teatro clásico francés. Los temas de culpa, honor y la lucha contra el destino continúan resonando con el público de todas las generaciones.
La relevancia perdurable de la obra radica en su exploración de la fragilidad de la naturaleza humana y la tensión entre el deber y el deseo. Fedra sigue siendo una poderosa meditación sobre la pasión y la caída, ofreciendo una reflexión atemporal sobre las consecuencias de las emociones desbordadas y el ineludible control del destino.
Desde su estreno en 1677, Fedra ha sido celebrada por su verso elegante, profundidad psicológica e intensa carga emocional. El dominio de Racine del verso alejandrino francés clásico y su habilidad para retratar el tormento del alma humana han asegurado a la obra un lugar entre las más grandes del teatro clásico francés. Los temas de culpa, honor y la lucha contra el destino continúan resonando con el público de todas las generaciones.
La relevancia perdurable de la obra radica en su exploración de la fragilidad de la naturaleza humana y la tensión entre el deber y el deseo. Fedra sigue siendo una poderosa meditación sobre la pasión y la caída, ofreciendo una reflexión atemporal sobre las consecuencias de las emociones desbordadas y el ineludible control del destino.
67 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2025
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Jean Racine
2,040 books360 followersClassical Greek and Roman themes base noted tragedies, such as
Britannicus
(1669) and
Phèdre
(1677), of French playwright Jean Baptiste Racine.
Adherents of movement of Cornelis Jansen included Jean Baptiste Racine.
This dramatist ranks alongside Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) and Pierre Corneille of the "big three" of 17th century and of the most important literary figures in the western tradition. Psychological insight, the prevailing passion of characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage mark dramaturgy of Racine. Although primarily a tragedian, Racine wrote one comedy.
Orphaned by the age of four years when his mother died in 1641 and his father died in 1643, he came into the care of his grandparents. At the death of his grandfather in 1649, his grandmother, Marie des Moulins, went to live in the convent of Port-Royal and took her grandson Jean-Baptiste. He received a classical education at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal, a religious institution that greatly influenced other contemporary figures, including Blaise Pascal.
The French bishops and the pope condemned Jansenism, a heretical theology, but its followers ran Port-Royal. Interactions of Racine with the Jansenists in his years at this academy great influenced the rest of his life. At Port-Royal, he excelled in his studies of the classics, and the themes of Greek and Roman mythology played large roles in his works.
Jean Racine died from cancer of the liver. He requested burial in Port-Royal, but after Louis XIV razed this site in 1710, people moved his body to the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.
*source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ra...
Adherents of movement of Cornelis Jansen included Jean Baptiste Racine.
This dramatist ranks alongside Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) and Pierre Corneille of the "big three" of 17th century and of the most important literary figures in the western tradition. Psychological insight, the prevailing passion of characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage mark dramaturgy of Racine. Although primarily a tragedian, Racine wrote one comedy.
Orphaned by the age of four years when his mother died in 1641 and his father died in 1643, he came into the care of his grandparents. At the death of his grandfather in 1649, his grandmother, Marie des Moulins, went to live in the convent of Port-Royal and took her grandson Jean-Baptiste. He received a classical education at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal, a religious institution that greatly influenced other contemporary figures, including Blaise Pascal.
The French bishops and the pope condemned Jansenism, a heretical theology, but its followers ran Port-Royal. Interactions of Racine with the Jansenists in his years at this academy great influenced the rest of his life. At Port-Royal, he excelled in his studies of the classics, and the themes of Greek and Roman mythology played large roles in his works.
Jean Racine died from cancer of the liver. He requested burial in Port-Royal, but after Louis XIV razed this site in 1710, people moved his body to the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.
*source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ra...
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