Du vagabondage à la sainteté – la quête de soi dans Becket ou l’honneur de Dieu de Jean Anouilh

• Kucharuk, Sylwia ^[1]
  1. [1] Université Marie-Curie Sklodowska
• Localización: Quêtes littéraires, ISSN-e 2657-487X, ISSN 2084-8099, Nº. 4, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Sur les traces du vagabond), ISBN 978-83-63527-65-5, págs. 94-102
• Idioma: francés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • From vagabond to saint – the search for self in Becket or The Honour of God by Jean Anouilh
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  • At first glance, the protagonist of the play has none of the characteristics of a vagabond. However, subjected to a more thorough analysis, he proves to be endowed with many features typical of a wanderer, such as alienation, unrest, loneliness, social isolation and individualism. In the text he is described as a man who is « in the search for himself, » his exile is, first and foremost, a metaphysical search for his own « self » and for the meaning of life. He is also a character undergoing a metamorphosis – from a lecher he becomes a saint. The shift seems to come as a consequence of being an exile from his own country. This exile, however, in its literal dimension, becomes too heavy a burden for him, and, be rid of the burden, he chooses to die a martyr. This article presents the evolution of the personality and the shift in the social standing of the character, as well as the reasons for, and consequence of, his exile.