This work intends to investigate the theme of the crisis of fatherhood in nineteenth-century French society, comparing two emblematic novels of the period: Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal and Le Père Goriot by Balzac. The investigation will focus on several works by authors who have redefined the concept of fatherhood throughout history, tracing an evolutionary path that moves from the foundations of Freudian psychoanalysis to Recalcati's contemporary perspectives. The two figures who are the protagonists of the novels will then be analyzed: the Stendhalian character Julien Sorel, who embodies the role of an ambitious and rebellious son, and the Balzachian father Goriot, emblem of a fatherhood emptied of all authority and sacrificed for the love of his daughters. The aim is to demonstrate how the nineteenth-century novel does not limit itself to recording a generational conflict, but acts as a critical device capable of revealing the crisis of authority that affects modernity. In conclusion, it emerges how fatherhood, stripped of its absolute power, becomes an identity to be subjectively reconquered, a "knowledge of uncertainty" that continues to question the contemporary man.
Il presente lavoro intende indagare il tema della crisi della paternità nella società francese dell'Ottocento, mettendo a confronto due romanzi emblematici del periodo: Le Rouge et le Noir di Stendhal e Le Père Goriot di Balzac. Si assumeranno come strumenti dell'indagine diverse opere di autori che hanno ridefinito il concetto di paternità nel corso della storia, tracciando un percorso evolutivo che muove dalle fondamenta della psicoanalisi freudiana fino alle prospettive contemporanee di Recalcati. Si analizzeranno quindi le due figure protagoniste dei romanzi: il personaggio stendhaliano Julien Sorel, che incarna il ruolo di figlio ambizioso e ribelle, e il balzachiano papà Goriot, emblema di una paternità svuotata di ogni autorità e sacrificata per amore delle figlie. L' obiettivo è dimostrare come il romanzo ottocentesco non si limiti a registrare un conflitto generazionale, ma agisca come dispositivo critico capace di rivelare la crisi di autorità che colpisce la modernità. In conclusione, emerge come la paternità, spogliata della sua potenza assoluta, diventi un'identità da riconquistare soggettivamente, un "sapere dell'incertezza" che continua a interrogare l'uomo contemporaneo.
La crisi della paternità nell'Ottocento francese: Le Rouge et le Noir e Le Père Goriot a confronto
POZZEBON, MARIA
2025/2026
Abstract
This work intends to investigate the theme of the crisis of fatherhood in nineteenth-century French society, comparing two emblematic novels of the period: Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal and Le Père Goriot by Balzac. The investigation will focus on several works by authors who have redefined the concept of fatherhood throughout history, tracing an evolutionary path that moves from the foundations of Freudian psychoanalysis to Recalcati's contemporary perspectives. The two figures who are the protagonists of the novels will then be analyzed: the Stendhalian character Julien Sorel, who embodies the role of an ambitious and rebellious son, and the Balzachian father Goriot, emblem of a fatherhood emptied of all authority and sacrificed for the love of his daughters. The aim is to demonstrate how the nineteenth-century novel does not limit itself to recording a generational conflict, but acts as a critical device capable of revealing the crisis of authority that affects modernity. In conclusion, it emerges how fatherhood, stripped of its absolute power, becomes an identity to be subjectively reconquered, a "knowledge of uncertainty" that continues to question the contemporary man.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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