The role of Jean Chapelain in the development of French literary theory and criticism in the first half of the XVIIth century
... evolving, as well as his substantial contribution to the establishment and consolidation of classicist aesthetics on a national level. The article addresses the critic’s role in the development of literature, his influence on the formation of aesthetic taste, his mediation between the author and the audience, and the nature of the political engagement in literary creativity demanded by the time, as well as the relationship between the creator and power. Chapelain’s texts are examined in their entirety,...
