Le dialogue entre la prose et la poésie dans Eugène Onéguine

The Dialogue between Prose and Poetry in Eugene Onegin. With his masterpiece Eugene Onegin, Pushkin succeeded in rendering the vast and complex atmosphere of a prose novel in verse form. this surprising approach relies on the confrontation between prose and poetry throughout the work. First of all, Pushkin “ demeans” poetry, both generically, by positing it as merely one literary genre among many others, and thematically. Later on in the work, the lyrical consciousness is first redeemed, before becoming a key means by which the speculative spirit is “ corrected”, as it were. Finally, the permanent conflict between prose and poetry emerges as a harmonious dialogue — a dialogue, furthermore, which plays a central role in transforming Eugene Onegin into a novel. As a hybrid literary genre, Pushkin’s novel in verse remains a unique literary experiment, which both pushes back the expressive confines of poetry and heralds the remarkable Russian realist novels of the 19th century.Voutev Florian. Le dialogue entre la prose et la poésie dans Eugène Onéguine. In: Revue Russe n°42, 2014. IIes Doctoriales de l’Association française des russisants. Caen, 18 décembre 2013. pp. 87-95