Vol. 15 (2021): XV International Symposium Contemporary Issues of Literary Studies : Literature and Pandemic. Historical and Thematic Experience
Reflection of Classic „Pandemic“ Texts on Contemporary Literary Process

“Syphilization” and Symbolism (Charles Baudelaire)

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  • Tatia Oboladze
Tatia Oboladze
Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature

Published 2021-12-20

Keywords

  • Syphilis,
  • Charles Bauedalire,
  • Femme fatal,
  • Symbolism,
  • The Flowers of Evil

Abstract

 

19th Century Paris - The Center of the World Culture - due to its bohemian lifestyle and sexual experimentsalso faced the challenge of a venereal disease - syphilis . Syphilis, naturally, was also reflected in the literature and connected with the central concepts of symbolist aesthetics - city-megapolis, drugs, bohemia.

The purpose of our article is to explore the French Symbolist tradition, in particular, the form and character of the syphilis theme in the works of Charles Baudelaire.

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