Faust

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani makes Faust the figure of modern man, the eternally dissatisfied one who seeks a satisfaction he never finds1. He often returns to the pact: Faust will only give his soul to the devil if he can say to the moment "Stay, thou art so fair"2. He presents him as a scholar let down by all his knowledge, who turns to the occult sciences3,4. He stresses that even Helen does not hold him, that she vanishes and that redemption comes from Margaret5. He also notes that Faust, old and blind, finally finds the happy moment in a collective work, the building of a dam6,7. He comments on the study scene where Faust translates the opening of the Gospel of John and settles on "the deed". He links this figure to the "Faustian moment" in music, a moment of expectation that is never fulfilled8. For him, Faust is not an exceptional hero: he illustrates the infinity of human desire, "in you and me"9.

1. 1#4.9 Angélique (de Nerval)14 Jun 2018 · 1:39:39
2. 2#3 Nomade ou sédentaire ? - Le cas Nerval6 Jun 2021 · 13:27
3. 39 #18 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération3 Apr 2021 · 42:19
4. 4La mondanité chez Clouscard - Le choc des mondes ?9 Jul 2023 · 48:05
5. 5Musicosophie 18. Ce qui est musical dans la musique25 Mar 2021 · 25:08
6. 6#3 Le mythe du bon sauvage chez Rousseau !23 Sept 2014 · 38:00
7. 7Chateaubriand26 Mar 2019 · 47:43
8. 8Musicosophie 1. Schubert et les maîtres chanteurs3 Dec 2020 · 25:41
9. 9La mondanité chez Clouscard : Désirer quoi ? Par qui ??3 Sept 2023 · 28:15

Summary produced automatically from 20 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.