Frederic Shoberl's 1833 English translation was published as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, which became the generally used title in English, referring to Quasimodo, Notre-Dame's bell-ringer. The novel's French title, Notre-Dame de Paris, refers to Notre-Dame Cathedral. The novel made Notre-Dame de Paris a national icon and served as a catalyst for renewed interest in the restoration of Gothic form. The novel sought to preserve values of French culture in a time period of great change, which resulted in the destruction of many French Gothic structures.
The novel has been described as a key text in French literature and has been adapted for film over a dozen times, in addition to numerous television and stage adaptations, such as a 1923 silent film with Lon Chaney, a 1939 sound film with Charles Laughton, and a 1996 Disney animated film with Tom Hulce. All its elements- Renaissance setting, impossible love affairs, marginalized characters-make the work a model of the literary themes of Romanticism. It focuses on the unfortunate story of Quasimodo, the Romani street dancer Esmeralda and Quasimodo's guardian the Archdeacon Claude Frollo in 15th-century Paris. 1482) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ( French: Notre-Dame de Paris, lit.' Our Lady of Paris', originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris.
0 kommentar(er)
