El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia

his essay analizes the story of the burial of Manon Lescaut from two appa¬rently contradictory perspectives. Accor¬ding to the logic of reason and virtue, for des Grieux Manon’s burial becomes a last service to love through a farewell ritual of the beloved followed by a yearning of renunciation to l...

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Main Author: Carles Besa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Asociación de Francesistas de la Universidad Española (AFUE) 2011-01-01
Series:Çédille: Revista de Estudios Franceses
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Online Access:http://webpages.ull.es/users/cedille/siete/03besa.pdf
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spelling doaj-10a537a5f79a46bfa9f34ed125e39b542020-11-25T03:48:33ZspaAsociación de Francesistas de la Universidad Española (AFUE)Çédille: Revista de Estudios Franceses1699-49492011-01-01720113243El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofiliaCarles Besahis essay analizes the story of the burial of Manon Lescaut from two appa¬rently contradictory perspectives. Accor¬ding to the logic of reason and virtue, for des Grieux Manon’s burial becomes a last service to love through a farewell ritual of the beloved followed by a yearning of renunciation to life. Accor¬ding to the logic of the unconscious, however, we can read des Grieux's actions in relation to Manon’s body as an attempt at carnal appropriation. Nonetheless, both approaches become complementary since, as psychoanalysis suggests, the latent meaning of a text is only accessible through its manifest meaning.http://webpages.ull.es/users/cedille/siete/03besa.pdfManon Lescautburialmani-fest meaninglatent meaningnecrophilia
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El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia
Çédille: Revista de Estudios Franceses
Manon Lescaut
burial
mani-fest meaning
latent meaning
necrophilia
author_facet Carles Besa
author_sort Carles Besa
title El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia
title_short El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia
title_full El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia
title_fullStr El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia
title_full_unstemmed El entierro de Manon: liturgia y necrofilia
title_sort el entierro de manon: liturgia y necrofilia
publisher Asociación de Francesistas de la Universidad Española (AFUE)
series Çédille: Revista de Estudios Franceses
issn 1699-4949
publishDate 2011-01-01
description his essay analizes the story of the burial of Manon Lescaut from two appa¬rently contradictory perspectives. Accor¬ding to the logic of reason and virtue, for des Grieux Manon’s burial becomes a last service to love through a farewell ritual of the beloved followed by a yearning of renunciation to life. Accor¬ding to the logic of the unconscious, however, we can read des Grieux's actions in relation to Manon’s body as an attempt at carnal appropriation. Nonetheless, both approaches become complementary since, as psychoanalysis suggests, the latent meaning of a text is only accessible through its manifest meaning.
topic Manon Lescaut
burial
mani-fest meaning
latent meaning
necrophilia
url http://webpages.ull.es/users/cedille/siete/03besa.pdf
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