Baudelaire et le Malentendu

Abstract

The article examines the place of the Misunderstanding in the thought and in the literary work of Baudelaire. Starting from a posthumous fragment, we approach the universality of the Misunderstanding to that of the original sin. This is then developed in the sense of the confusion of languages ​​after the fall, according to the reflections of the young Walter Benjamin. Finally, we try to show that the Misunderstanding is incorporated as a theme and as a structural element of some poems by Baudelaire.

Keywords

• Baudelaire (Charles)
• image
• original sin
• misunderstanding
• confusion of tongues
• Spleen of Paris (The).