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Corneille

NOUN
  1. French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)

How To Use Corneille In A Sentence

  • Among other illustrious names who have given a brilliance to these alleyed walks and corridors are to be recalled Corneille, Condé, Saint Royal Palaces and Parks of France
  • Not with greater pride could the author of the Cid have said , I am Pierre Corneille.
  • Cornelian dilemma: The creation of equilibrium warp in a clash of affective and authoritative warps is so conventional as to have acquired a name, the Cornelian dilemma, from the torturae of Rodrigue in Pierre Corneille’s play Le Cid, born in the choice between rupturae (the failure to avenge his father) and monstrum (the loss of his love Chimène.) Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality
  • A gentleman should know those which I call classical works, in every language; such as Boileau, Corneille, Racine, Moliere, etc., in French; Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
  • Cherubini could hardly have chosen more graphic models than the Euripides and Corneille treatments of the Medea myth. Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season
  • [Footnote: Molière, Racine, and Corneille always call the dramatis personae _acteurs_, and not _personnages_.] The Blunderer
  • The tragedy was attacked because it was thought to violate the writing rules of classicist dramas. In reality, Corneille not only abides by the rules but also flexibly applies these rules.
  • The medallion of Pierre Corneille is sculptured on the entablature which is supported by these columns, and on each side of the medallion, we perceive Melpomene with a dagger, and Thalia with a mask. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers
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