Un autre récit des origines est possible: la Genèse dans l’“Icosameron” de Casanova

• Noémie Rochat Nogales ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Lausanne

     University of Lausanne

     Lausana, Suiza

     
• Localización: Studi francesi, ISSN 0039-2944, Nº. 202, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Varia – fasc. I – gennaio-aprile 2024), págs. 43-52
• Idioma: francés
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  • As an introduction to his novel Icosameron, published in 1787, Casanova offers a lengthy biblical commentary on the first three chapters of Genesis. This article seeks to better define the relationship between this curious “Literal Commentary” and the rest of the novel, which recounts the adventures of a brother and sister at the center of the Earth after their ship sinks. It also questions Casanova’s reading of Genesis, as he uses this biblical account as the central theme of his novel. Finally, at the end of a century that has forcefully denounced the literal reading of Genesis, is the choice to publish a long novel introduced by an equally imposing biblical commentary the reason for the novel’s lack of success upon publication, and the oblivion into which it has fallen outside Casanova studies?