"Le panache blanc" - white plumes on the hat:: Gascon cadets and gasconic emblems in Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac
2014
Abstract
This article draws the main traits of "genre" that can be designated in the tales of the Gascon cadets, which connects the traditions of de cape et d'épée novels (historical adventures novels) with the structures of the so-called "popular novels" (le roman populaire), The article also deals with historical caracteristics, codes, and qualities of heroes in the works of A. Dumas and T.
Gautier in conjunction with the knightly codices and epics. The second part of the article focuses on the emblems of honor and courage in E.
Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac and on the comparison of key motifs of the game un Czech translations.