French Versions of Bluebeard

Authors

  • Eduardo Aceituno Martínez Universidad de Granada
Keywords: Bluebeard, Charles Perrault, French literature, French opera, Contemporary literature

Abstract

The French versions of the story of the evil Bluebeard and his curious wife are striking in their artistic value and diversity. This paper focuses on six recreations we have decided to highlight for their notable literary merit; these include three opera libretti (Raoul Barbe-Bleue by Michel-Jean Sedaine, Barbe-bleue by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Ariane et Barbe-bleue by Maurice Maeterlinck), a tale (Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-bleue by Anatole France) and two recently published novels (Barbe bleue by Amélie Nothomb and Les Sangs by Audrée Wilhelmy). Both the variety of the topics and the multiple portraits of the main character emphasise the talent of the writers in question, as well as the possibilities offered by recreation.

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Author Biography

Eduardo Aceituno Martínez, Universidad de Granada

Eduardo Aceituno es Profesor Interino en el Departamento de Filología Francesa de la Universidad de Granada. Ha cursado el Grado en Estudios Franceses en dicha Universidad y el Máster en Estudios Franceses y Francófonos en la UNED. Actualmente prepara una Tesis Doctoral sobre el escritor Marcel Aymé.

References

FRANCE, Anatole (1921): Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-bleue et autres contes merveilleux. París: Calmann-Lévy.

HERMANSSON, Casie E. (2009): Bluebeard: A Reader’s Guide to the English Tradition. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

MAETERLINCK, Maurice (1907): Ariane et Barbe-bleue. Bruselas: Paul Lacomblez.

MEILHAC, Henri; HALÉVY, Ludovic (1867): Barbe-bleue. París: Michel Lévy. MENÉNDEZ TORRELLAS, Gabriel (2013): Historia de la ópera. Madrid: Akal. NOTHOMB, Amélie (2014): Barbe bleue. París: Albin Michel.

PERRAULT, Charles (1981): Contes de Perrault. París: Garnier.

POLLOCK, Griselda; ANDERSON, Victoria (eds.) (2009): Bluebeard’s Legacy : Death

and Secrets from Bartok to Hitchcock. Londres; Nueva York: I. B. Tauris. SEDAINE, Michel-Jean (1935): Raoul Barbe-Bleue. Leipzig; Bruselas: Breitkopf et Haertel.

WILHELMY, Audrée (2015): Les Sangs. París: Grasset.

Published
18-11-2016
How to Cite
Aceituno Martínez, E. (2016). French Versions of Bluebeard. Estudios Románicos, 25, 15–25. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/estudiosromanicos/article/view/275341
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Monográfico