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February 26, 2026Theatre Survey

The Sublime and French Seventeenth-Century Theories of the Spectacle: Toward an Aesthetic Approach to Performance

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BOBram Van OostveldtLeiden UniversitySBStijn BusselsLeiden University

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Implication

Theatre scholars uncover aesthetic insights from 17th-century French texts, suggesting a deeper exploration of performance practices.

Key Points

  • This research aims to reevaluate the importance of seventeenth-century French writings on theatre and performance.
  • Reviewing historical texts from French writers
  • Analyzing aesthetic and moral reflections in dramatic arts
  • Comparing seventeenth-century perspectives to later theories
  • Identifies significant aesthetic considerations in seventeenth-century theatre
  • Challenges the perception of the period as less interesting
  • Highlights the contributions of writers like Corneille, Racine, and Molière to performance analysis

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Oostveldt et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699f95571bc9fecf3dab2eb9https://doi.org/10.1353/tsu.2017.a982458
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