TY - JOUR N2 - François de Curel (1854-1928) went down into the history of the French theater as an author of ‘thesis plays’. However, his works contain the features of the so-called ‘drama crisis’ which manifests itself at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, by the rejection of the canonical rules advocated since Aristotle. In fact, by analyzing A False Saint (1892), we are forced to note that the writer is undermining the dramatic structure by shifting his gaze from action to the study of the souls of the characters. Deprived of all will, they slowly get bogged down in their shady as inert world. In this way, the French playwright puts emphasis not on ‘acting character’ but on ‘retrospective character’ (passive) who dwells on his unhappy life. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117062/PDF/2020-02-KNEO-10-Kaczmarek.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117062 PY - 2020 IS - No 2 EP - 237 DO - 10.24425/kn.2020.133965 KW - François de Curel KW - thesis play KW - drama crisis KW - character KW - abulic A1 - Kaczmarek, Tomasz PB - Wydział I Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych PAN i Uniwersytet Warszawski DA - 2020.09.15 T1 - "L’Envers d’une sainte" de François de Curel, ou du « personnage agissant » au « personnage réflexif » SP - 230 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117062 T2 - Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny ER -