The Psychic Crisis in "Les Vies encloses" by Georges Rodenbach
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psychic crisis, Georges Rodenbach, poetry, symbolismAbstract
The end of the 19th century in France is marked by several crises, including the social crisis and the crisis of literature. Under these circumstances, Georges Rodenbach wrote a multi-part poem Les Vies encloses, which in line with Symbolist and Decadent movements contains numerous references to Schopenhauer’s philosophy. The author presents the struggle between the isolated soul which is searching for its own identity and discovering a deeper inner life, and the outside world. Based on the study of the crisis by Edgar Morin and the views of Rodenbach himself, it is possible to distinguish various phases of the crisis that the soul goes through. Indeed, this crisis is a result of the dilemmas that affect the soul and it is reflected by the contrast between light and darkness, external and internal world, security and danger, and eventually, life and death.
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