Thèse soutenue

Giacomo Leopardi et la pensée française du dix-huitième siècle

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Auteur / Autrice : Suzanne Valle
Direction : Mario Fusco
Type : Thèse de doctorat
Discipline(s) : Italien et roumain
Date : Soutenance en 1994
Etablissement(s) : Paris 3

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This thesis deals with the influence of french enlightenment on the italian poet giacomo leopardi (1798-1837). It is organised around the idea of nature, a key-element of eighteenth century philosophy as well as of leopardi's work. The following questions are successively dealt with : nature as harmony, with which modern man feels in contradiction because of the disruptive effect of reason, the analysis of modern society as opposed to the state of nature, the idea of man in sensualist philosophy, the materialistic interpretatioin of the universe, the image of nature as a blind force which characterizes the last phase of leopardi's work. Part i presents the evolution of leopardi's thought. It covers mainly the zibalone, a sort of diary which shows the developments of what leopardi calls his philosophical "system", but also his poems (canti) and philosophical dialogues (operette morali) as well as minor writings. Part ii studies the sources of leopardi's major themes in the work of montesquieu, voltaire, rousseau, buffon, dierot and condillac.