Stendhal

Stendhal’s Childhood  Pen name Napoleon’s army  Travel (Germany)  Real name (Henri Beyle)  Mina Von Grieshem reminder  1783 Grenoble  7yo Mum †  Brillant Mathematician

Stendhal’s life  1814 returned to Milan  Stops career & devote self to passions  1830 Paris, publication « Le Rouge Et Le Noir »  20 years after Stendhal died in Paris (brain haemorrhage)  Acclaimed as masterpiece status achieved 50 years later.

Le Rouge et Le Noir

Part.1  Julien Sorel –modest background  Thinker ≠ hard working  Napoleon Bonaparte  Tutor  Mme De Renal – love affair  Julien – priesthood Besançon

Part.2  Julien  Paris  meeting Melle de La Môle

Part 2  Mathilde  clever (Philo book)  Fall in love  Wedding  Julien  Knighthood

Part 2  Mme De Renal  Letter to De La Môle  Julien  Mme de Renal assassination project  Julien executed

Berthet Affair  July 22nd dramatic event in the church of Brangues in Isère.  Antoine Berthet author of attack on Mme Michoud(the gunshot).  Antoine Berthet taken to Grenoble jail.

Berthet Affair  Judgement  December 15th 1827 the jury pronounces the sentence  February 23rd at 11am – the scaffold.  Place Grenette: Antoine Berthet dies.

Berthet Affair: Le Rouge & Le Noir  Common points between the Berthet Affair and « Le Rouge Et le Noir » of Stendhal  Plot based on real facts Antoine Berthet  Relationships with superiors  Numerous failures with superiors  Two main characters’ tragical destiny

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