Les Aveugles

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Les Aveugles is a symbolist one-act play by Maurice Maeterlinck that portrays a group of blind people lost in a forest, exploring themes of fate, uncertainty, and human helplessness.

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Les Aveugles canonical 3

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instanceOf one-act play ⓘ
play ⓘ
symbolist play ⓘ
author Maurice Maeterlinck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium ⓘ
dramaticConflict inability to act ⓘ
loss of guide ⓘ
dramaticForm static drama ⓘ
dramaticTechnique atmospheric tension ⓘ
minimal action ⓘ
offstage events ⓘ
symbolic setting ⓘ
explores dependence on spiritual guidance ⓘ
fear of the unknown ⓘ
human condition ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1890 ⓘ
genre Symbolism ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasCharacterType old blind man ⓘ
old blind woman ⓘ
priest (absent or dead guide) ⓘ
various blind men and women ⓘ
hasForm dialogue-driven ⓘ
hasTranslation The Blind ⓘ
influenced 20th-century avant-garde theatre ⓘ
influencedBy symbolist aesthetics ⓘ
literaryMovement Symbolism ⓘ
literaryPeriod fin de siècle ⓘ
mainCharacters group of blind people ⓘ
movement Symbolist theatre ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person stage directions ⓘ
notableFor absence of conventional plot resolution ⓘ
emphasis on mood over action ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Maurice Maeterlinck dramatic works ⓘ
setting forest ⓘ
structure choral dialogue ⓘ
symbolism blindness as spiritual blindness ⓘ
darkness as ignorance ⓘ
forest as metaphysical uncertainty ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
existential anxiety ⓘ
fate ⓘ
human helplessness ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
religious doubt ⓘ
uncertainty ⓘ

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Maurice Maeterlinck → notableWork → Les Aveugles ⓘ
Le Trésor des humbles → hasPart → Les Aveugles ⓘ
Ernest Boulanger → notableWork → Les Aveugles ⓘ