Cyrano de Bergerac: a reconsideration of romanticism and realism

• Ann B. Dobie ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Southwestern Louisiana
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 36, nº 4, 1970, págs. 344-351
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Though Cyrano de Bergerac has traditionally been read and taught as a typically romantic play, a close examination reveals that it has strong realistic elements. First produced at a time when realism and naturalism were in favor with play‐goers, Cyrano deals faithfully with human experience as Rostand saw it. Underscoring the realistic questions examined by the play is the fact that Cyrano himself was based on an actual man who lived in the seventeenth century. And within the play this “ideal romantic hero” deals logically with harsh realities. The play then deals with real problems of life and love and is enhanced by romantic decoration.