The Castle of Argol
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| + | "''[[The Castle of Argol]]'' (1938) is a novel by [[Julien Gracq]]. It combined the effects of the [[roman noir]] with the poetry of [[Arthur Rimbaud]]. The book takes place in a [[Gormenghast (castle)|Gormenghast]]-like castle where the young owner, his friend and the beautiful Heide spend their time playing morbid and decadent games."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | ''[[Au Château d'Argol]]'' [At The Castle Of Argol] (1938) is a novel by [[Julien Gracq]]. It combined the effects of the [[roman noir]] with the poetry of [[Arthur Rimbaud]]. The book takes place in a [[Gormenghast (castle)|Gormenghast]]-like castle where the young owner, his friend and the beautiful Heide spend their time playing morbid and decadent games. | ||
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| - | '''''Au château d'Argol''''' est un roman de [[Julien Gracq]] publié en [[1938 en littérature|1938]]. | + | '''''The Castle of Argol''''' (Au château d'Argol) is a 1938 novel by the French writer [[Julien Gracq]]. The narrative is set at a castle in [[Brittany]], where a man has invited a friend, who also has brought a young woman. The novel is loaded with symbols and uses narrative modes from [[Gothic fiction|Gothic horror literature]], which it blends with [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegelian]] thinking and stylistic traits close to the [[surrealism|surrealist movement]], including a highly abstract plot. In his "Notice to the reader", Gracq describes the book as a "demonic version" of [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera ''[[Parsifal]]''. |
| - | == Genèse de l'œuvre == | + | ==Publication== |
| - | Ce roman est le premier de Gracq, écrit pendant l'année 1937. D'abord envoyé aux [[éditions Gallimard]], il est refusé. Gracq (qui adopte ce pseudonyme pour la parution du roman) le propose alors à l'éditeur [[José Corti]], qui l'accepte et le publie en janvier 1938. | + | The novel, which was the author's first, was rejected by [[éditions Gallimard]] but accepted and published by [[José Corti]], which was associated with the surrealists. It was praised by the surrealist leader [[André Breton]]. An English translation by [[Louise Varèse]] was published in 1951. |
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| - | Le roman, relativement court, se concentre sur les rapports de trois personnages : Albert, Herminien et Heide. Albert ayant acheté le mystérieux château d’[[Argol (Finistère)|Argol]], en [[Bretagne]], il y reçoit la visite de son meilleur ami Herminien, qui arrive accompagné de la belle Heide. Entre ces trois personnages se tissent des rapports d’amour et de haine qui conduisent, sur fond de références à ''[[Parsifal]]'', au viol, puis au suicide de Heide et à l’assassinat d’Herminien par Albert. | ||
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| - | Le roman est surtout remarquable par la violence des sentiments présentés (mais rarement explicités) et par les longues descriptions de paysages en harmonie avec les pensées des personnages (ainsi la longue scène du bain, où les trois personnages nagent vers le large au-delà de leurs forces comme s’ils voulaient mourir). Le style en est purement descriptif et cherche à faire partager l'enthousiasme de l'auteur par une surabondance d'adjectifs rares, surannés ou décalés afin d'entretenir un subtil malaise chez le lecteur. Cette œuvre a été saluée par Breton qui y trouva le premier roman surréaliste. Le caractère onirique du récit ainsi que ses multiples références au [[roman gothique]] sont fidèles à la poétique que décrit [[André Breton]] dans le [[Manifeste du Surréalisme]]. | ||
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| - | == Éditions == | ||
| - | * [[Julien Gracq]], ''Au Château d'Argol'', [[José Corti]], 1989, ISBN 2714302971 | ||
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The Castle of Argol (Au château d'Argol) is a 1938 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. The narrative is set at a castle in Brittany, where a man has invited a friend, who also has brought a young woman. The novel is loaded with symbols and uses narrative modes from Gothic horror literature, which it blends with Hegelian thinking and stylistic traits close to the surrealist movement, including a highly abstract plot. In his "Notice to the reader", Gracq describes the book as a "demonic version" of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal.
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The novel, which was the author's first, was rejected by éditions Gallimard but accepted and published by José Corti, which was associated with the surrealists. It was praised by the surrealist leader André Breton. An English translation by Louise Varèse was published in 1951.
