The epic symbol : the poet's representative and thematic journey in Victor Hugo's Les contemplations

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dc.contributor.advisorCauvin, Jean-Pierre
dc.creatorHunter, Amy Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-30T14:03:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:31:53Z
dc.date.available2017-03-30T14:03:19Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:31:53Z
dc.date.issued2007-08
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the journey of the poetic speaker in the structure and themes of Victor Hugo's Les Contemplations, told by the vehicle of memory in recording the memoirs of his soul. Following an atemporal format, the poems in this work present a chronicle of Hugo's time in exile expressed in profoundly lyric verse immortalizing the epic and representative quest of his poet. Beginning with the origins of his poetic gifting and the goal of his quest, the tradition of epic poets already finished with their journey, the power of the poetic word and studying his intermediary relationship to the worldly and spiritual realms, the manifestation of this relationship in the structure of Les Contemplations and the poet's ultimate ascent to the frontiers of hidden truth. The poet traverses through his poetry and experiences a transformation from an allegorical figure to a symbolic figure in this epic account. Although it has been argued that Les Contemplations is an allegory, in studying the speaker of the poems as he progresses, the poet becomes a symbolic figure in his ascent.en_US
dc.description.departmentFrench and Italianen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2BZ61D78
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/46281
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden_US
dc.subjectVictor Hugoen_US
dc.subjectLes Contemplationsen_US
dc.subjectFrench poetryen_US
dc.titleThe epic symbol : the poet's representative and thematic journey in Victor Hugo's Les contemplationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US

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