Maurice Descotes
Maurice Descotes (born April 23, 1923 in Lyon , † September 2, 2000 ) was a French Romance studies and literary scholar.
Life
Maurice Descotes passed the Agrégation and taught at the Institut Français in Innsbruck (1945 to 1948) and at the University of Mainz (1948 to 1957). In 1955 he completed his habilitation in Paris with the two theses Le Drame romantique et ses grands créateurs 1827-1839 (Paris 1955) and L'acteur Joanny et son Journal inédit. Extraits (Paris 1955). From 1957 to 1962 he taught in Athens, then he was cultural advisor for the French embassies in Rio de Janeiro (1962 to 1965) and Rabat (1965 to 1967). He was appointed to a professorship for French literature at the University of Pau and was its first president from 1970 to 1973.
Fonts
Literary studies
- Romain Rolland, Paris 1948
- Les Grands rôles du théâtre de Jean Racine, Paris 1957, 1960
- Les Grands rôles du théâtre de Corneille, Paris 1962
- Henry Becque et son théâtre, Paris 1962
- Le public de théâtre et son histoire, Paris 1964
- La légende de Napoléon et les écrivains français du XIXe siècle, Paris 1967
- Racine, Bordeaux 1969
- Molière et sa fortune littéraire, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles 1970
- Le Personnage de Napoléon III in "les Rougon-Macquart", Paris 1970
- Les Grands rôles du théâtre de Marivaux, Paris 1972
- Les Grands rôles du théâtre de Beaumarchais, Paris 1974
- Les grands rôles du théâtre de Molière, 1976
- Histoire de la critique dramatique en France, Tübingen / Paris 1980
- Dix promenades dans le cimetière cornélien, Paris 1983
- Victor Hugo et Waterloo, Paris 1984
- Le Monde de l'enseignement dans l'œuvre romanesque de Balzac, Pau 1985
- Le Cas Boileau, Paris 1986
- Enquête sur un policier au-dessus de tout soupçon: Javert, Pau 1987
- Racine, guerre et paix. Réalités et mythe, Pau 1991
- The image of Louis XVIII in the "Comédie humaine", Paris 1994
Other works
- Aspects de la Tchécoslovaquie, Paris 1948
- L'épreuve (novel), Paris 1951
- Monseigneur (novel), Paris 1951
literature
- Mélanges offerts au professeur Maurice Descotes , ed. by Yves-Alain Favre and Christian Manso, Pau 1988
- Le Monde , September 6, 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Maurice Descotes in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Maurice Descotes in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Descotes, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romance studies, literary scholar and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2000 |