Jean Racine - Wikipedia
WEBJean-Baptiste Racine (/ r æ ˈ s iː n / rass-EEN, US also / r ə ˈ s iː n / rə-SEEN) (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁasin]; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and ...
Jean Racine — Wikipédia
WEBJean Racine, né le 22 décembre 1639 à La Ferté-Milon [1] et mort le 21 avril 1699 à Paris, est un dramaturge et poète français. Issu d'une famille de petits notables de la Ferté-Milon et tôt orphelin, Racine reçoit auprès des « Solitaires » de Port-Royal une éducation littéraire et religieuse rare.
Jean Racine | French Tragedy Playwright & Poet | Britannica
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Jean Racine was a French dramatic poet and historiographer renowned for his mastery of French classical tragedy. His reputation rests on the plays he wrote between 1664 and 1691, notably Andromaque (first performed 1667, published 1668), Britannicus (first performed 1669, published 1670), Bérénice.
Jean Racine – Wikipedija
WEBJean Racine ( 22. prosinca 1639. – 21. travnja 1699. ), francuski dramatičar, jedan od "velike trojice" 17. stoljeća u Francuskoj (ostala dva su Moliere i Corneille ). Pisao je uglavnom tragedije, a potkraj života i jednu komediju .
Racine, Jean - Hrvatska enciklopedija
WEBRacine [ʀasi'n], Jean, francuski dramatičar (La Ferté-Milon, 21. XII. 1639 – Pariz, 21. IV. 1699). Iz građanske obitelji, rano ostao bez roditelja, odgajale su ga baka i teta, redovnice jansenističkoga samostana Port-Royal. Stekao temeljitu klasičnu naobrazbu.
Biography of Jean Racine - French Dramatist - Discover France
WEBThe rival of Pierre Corneille for the title of the greatest French tragic dramatist, Jean Racine {rah-seen'}, baptized Dec. 22, 1639, d. Apr. 21, 1699, infused the high style of neoclassicism with the tension of human passion. Often set in ancient times, his plays combine the Greek concept of inexorable fate with a 17th-century metaphysics and ...
Jean Racine - French Dramatist, Tragedies, Phedre | Britannica
WEBRacine has been hailed by posterity as the foremost practitioner of tragedy in French history. His virtuoso treatment of the poetic metre used in 17th-century French tragedy, the alexandrine line, is the basis for his status as the uncontested master of French classicism.
Major works of Jean Racine | Britannica
WEBJean Racine, oil painting, 17th century; in the National Museum of Versailles and of Trianons, France. Jean Racine, (baptized Dec. 22, 1639, La Ferté-Milon, France—died April 21, 1699, Paris), French playwright.
Biographie de JEAN RACINE (1639-1699) - Encyclopædia Universalis
WEBL'œuvre du dramaturge et écrivain français Jean Racine marque, dans l'histoire de la tragédie classique, le moment de l'accomplissement. Ce genre, au sein duquel un idéal de simplicité et de rigueur formelles avait lutté longtemps avec une matière héroïco-baroque, trouve enfin chez lui son harmonie et ce qu'on pourrait appeler son allure naturelle.
Jean Racine - New World Encyclopedia
WEBJean Racine (December 22, 1639 – April 21, 1699) was a French poet dramatist, and one of the most important figures in seventeenth-century French literature along with Jean-Baptiste Molière and Pierre Corneille. Racine was the pre-eminent tragedian of his day—many consider him to be the father of French tragedy, just as Molière is ...
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