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L'otage: Drame en trois actes
Hardcover
CatholicismFrench HistoryPlays
ISBN13: 9781025810812
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 218
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: French
L'otage est une Åuvre dramatique magistrale de Paul Claudel, constituant le premier volet de sa célèbre trilogie historique. Ce drame en trois actes se déroule dans l'ombre de la Révolution française et du Premier Empire, explorant les tensions profondes entre la fidélité aristocratique, l'autorité spirituelle et les bouleversements politiques de la modernité.
L'intrigue suit Sygne de CoÃ1/4fontaine, une noble dévouée à la reconstruction de son patrimoine familial, qui se retrouve confrontée à un dilemme moral et religieux déchirant. Pour sauver le Pape, retenu captif par Napoléon, elle doit accepter de sacrifier son honneur et ses sentiments personnels en épousant Turelure, un ancien serviteur devenu un puissant opportuniste du nouveau régime. À travers ce sacrifice héroïque, Claudel interroge la nature de la foi, le sens du renoncement et la fin d'un monde traditionnel face à l'émergence d'une nouvelle ère sociale.
Porté par une langue poétique puissante et une ferveur mystique caractéristique de l'auteur, L'otage demeure l'une des pièces les plus intenses du répertoire théâtral français du XXe siècle. Ce drame explore avec une profondeur métaphysique les thèmes du salut, de l'expiation et du conflit entre le temporel et l'éternel.
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