%0 Journal Article
%T The Power of Tableaux Vivants in Zola: The Underside of the Image
%A Arnaud Rykner
%J Image and Narrative : Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
%D 2011
%I Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
%X : Although they have already been the particular focus of scholarly attention, the series of tableaux vivants at the heart of Zola¡¯s La Cur¨¦e (1871) still continue to fascinate and raise questions. Like any image constructed by means of a work of literature, "The Loves of Narcissus and Echo" draw upon several different interwoven discursive and iconic modes which both contradict and substantiate each other. Usually analysed solely for their narrative value (as a "mise en abyme" of the novel), these tableaux vivants provide much more than a mere thematic and structural framework. The eroticism of the performance and that of the associated textua witticism (which provides the link between the silent images and those words) is enhanced by the much more disturbing eroticism of a lurking image which is both denied and revealed through the dressing room scene, bringing the chapter to a virtual close. It is a far from attractive affair of under layers which is brought to the fore in this scene. R¨¦sum¨¦:  Bien qu¡¯ayant d¨¦j¨¤ fait l¡¯objet de quelques ¨¦tudes sp¨¦cifiques, la s¨¦rie des tableaux vivants qui est au coeur de La Cur¨¦e (1871) de Zola n¡¯en continue pas moins de fasciner et de soulever mainte question. Comme toute image construite par le biais d¡¯une oeuvre litt¨¦raire,   Les amours du beau Narcisse et de la nymphe Echo   sollicitent plusieurs logiques, discursives ou iconiques, qui s¡¯entrecroisent, se contredisent, se renforcent mutuellement. G¨¦n¨¦ralement analys¨¦s pour leur seule fonction narrative (comme   mise en abyme   du roman), les tableaux vivants proposent bien plus qu¡¯un enchassement th¨¦matique et structural. A l¡¯¨¦rotique du spectacle, ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦rotique du   bon mot   qui accompagne celui-ci (et permet d¡¯articuler l¡¯ordre des images muettes ¨¤ l¡¯ordre du mot d¡¯esprit), ils joignent l¡¯¨¦rotique bien plus troublante d¡¯une image occult¨¦e, ¨¤ la fois ni¨¦e et mise en avant par la sc¨¨ne du cabinet de toilette qui cl t quasiment le chapitre du roman : une histoire de dessous, tout sauf affriolants, qu¡¯on tente ici de mettre au jour.
%K Tableaux vivants
%K Mime
%K Eroticism
%K Hidden image
%K Zola (Emile)
%U http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/164