Salammbô (novel) | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 20 pages of analysis & critique of Salammbô (novel).

Salammbô (novel) | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 20 pages of analysis & critique of Salammbô (novel).
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SOURCE: Brady, Patrick. “Archetypes and the Historical Novel: The Case of Salammbô.Stanford French Review 1, no. 3 (winter 1977): 313-24.

In the following essay, Brady concentrates on the archetypal structure of Salammbô, including its eroticized imagery and suggestions of alchemical transformation.

One of the most influential modern evaluations of Salammbô is that made by Georgy Lukács, and it is negative.1 According to Lukács, “La modernisation de la psychologie des personnages … est la seule source du mouvement et de la vie,” and he continues a little later: “Cette modernisation détermine la structure de l'action. Sa base est formée par deux motifs qui ne sont liés que d'une manière tout à fait extérieure: un conflit historique et politique entre Carthage et les mercenaires en révolte, et l'épisode amoureux de Salammbô elle-même. Leur entrelacement est tout à fait extérieur et doit nécessairement le...

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