Agrippa D'Aubignè

Japanese: ドービニェ - どーびにぇ(英語表記)Agrippa D'Aubignè
Agrippa D'Aubignè

French poet. Born into a Reformed (Calvinist) aristocratic family, he received a humanistic education from an early age. Influenced by his father, he was an ardent Protestant, and at the age of 16 he participated in the Wars of Religion and served as a close aide to Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV), the political leader of the French Reformation. Dissatisfied with Henry IV's conversion to Catholicism, he left the court and fled to Geneva in 1620, where he would end his eventful life.

He was deeply devoted to Ronsard, and under his influence he wrote Le Printemps (c. 1570-73), a collection of love poems dedicated to Diane Salviati (the niece of Cassandre, whose work Ronsard sang about). His long poem Les Tragiques (1616), written between 1577 and the wars, is an epic poem of the French Reformation, and is a masterpiece of Baroque poetry, depicting all of the passions and dreams of the passionate warrior, such as his grief and indignation at the war, his hatred for the Catholics, and his confidence in the final victory of the Protestants, in a passionate tone and with vivid colored images appropriate for an age of anxiety. His other works include L'Histoire universelle (A History of the World), a chronicle of the progress of the Reformation, his autobiography Sa vie à ses enfants (An Account to the Children), and the eccentric prose satire Les Aventures du baron de Foeneste (The Adventures of Baron Feneste).

[Yumiko Takahashi]

"Translated by Naruse Komao, 'Selected Poems of the French Renaissance' (included in 'World Literature Series 74, Renaissance Literature Collection', 1964, Chikuma Shobo)"

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Japanese:

フランスの詩人。宗教改革派(カルバン派)貴族の家に生まれ、早くから人文主義的教育を受ける。父親の感化を受けて熱烈な新教徒であった彼は、16歳で宗教戦争に参加し、フランス宗教改革派の政治的指導者アンリ・ド・ナバール(後のアンリ4世)の側近に仕えた。アンリ4世のカトリック改宗後はこれを不満として宮廷を去り、1620年にはジュネーブに亡命、同地でその波瀾(はらん)に富んだ生涯を終える。

 ロンサールに深く傾倒し、その影響下に、ディアーヌ・サルビアティ(ロンサールの歌ったカッサンドルの姪(めい))に捧(ささ)げる恋愛詩集『春』Le Printemps(1570~73ころ)を執筆する。1577年ころから戦火の間に執筆された長編詩『悲愴曲(ひそうきょく)』Les Tragiques(1616)は、フランス宗教改革派の叙事詩であり、そこには戦乱に対する悲憤、旧教徒に対する憎悪、新教徒の最終的な勝利への確信など、情熱的武人であった彼の情念や夢想のすべてを、激越な調子にのせて、不安の時代にふさわしい極彩色のイメージに託して描いたバロック詩の最大傑作である。ほかに、改革派の歩みをつづった『世界史』L'Histoire universelle、自伝『子らに語る』Sa vie à ses enfants、風変わりな散文風刺文学『フェネスト男爵の冒険』Les Aventures du baron de Foenesteなどがある。

[高橋由美子]

『成瀬駒男訳『フランス・ルネサンス名詩選』(『世界文学大系74 ルネサンス文学集』所収・1964・筑摩書房)』

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