Opsitch, Yann. Etude comparative et intertextuelle sur le theme des "fenetres"
dans quatre po6mes de Charles Baudelaire, St6phane Mallarme, Marie Krysinska et
Guillaume Apollinaire. Master of Arts (French), December 2011, 76 pp., bibliography, 43
titles.
Written in French, this thesis presents a comparative and intertextual study on
the theme of < windows > in four poems by Charles Baudelaire, St6phane Mallarme,
Marie Krysinska and Guillaume Apollinaire.
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), St6phane Mallarm6 (1842 -1898), Marie
Krysinska (1857-1908) and Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) use ( windows > as a
common theme in their poetry. My study compares this common theme found in four
poems: (1) "Les fenetres" by Charles Baudelaire in Spleen de Paris XXXV, 1869. (2)
"Les fenetres" by St6phane Mallarm6 in Le Parnasse Contemporain, 1863/66. (3) "Les
fenetres" by Marie Krysinska in Rythmes pittoresques, 1890. (4) "Les fenetres" by
Guillaume Apollinaire in Calligrammes (1913-1916), 1918.
I focus on what distinguishes these fours poems by following the evolution of
poetical forms between symbolism and futurism/surrealism. The common theme
("windows") provides an opportunity to better underline the formal heterogeneity which
separates these different "poetical avenues": with Baudelaire, the newness of prose
poetry; with Mallarme, the symbolist renewal of a more classic form; with Apollinaire, a
form of simultaneity inspired by futurism. The comparative analysis brings to light the
original value of the poem written by Krysinska, whose works have not greatly
captivated the attention of critics.
