Is Golaud a figure of Shakespearean violence or Emersonian anxiety?
In short: While Pelléas and Mélisande often steal the spotlight, Professor François de Médicis examines the pivotal role of Golaud. This lecture explores the unique dramatic purpose behind the character's capacity for violence.
In this lecture, part of the 'Debussy: Text and Ideas' conference, Professor de Médicis investigates the character of Golaud from Maurice Maeterlinck's play and Claude Debussy's opera. He moves beyond the central protagonists to analyze Golaud's centrality and the unusual function of the violence he employs, framing the character between notions of Shakespearean 'sadism' and Emersonian disquiet.
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