Honors Theses
Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Management
First Advisor
Anne Quinney
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This thesis explores the physical changes wrought in nineteenth century Paris that ushered the city into modernity, and led to the creation of a new figure, the flaneur. Through the eyes of one Parisian author specifically, Charles Baudelaire, I will the character of the flaneur in his historical context. examine Research was performed both in Paris during the summer of 2005, with walking tours of the city and reading original texts, and throughout the fall semester of 2005. Primary sources, maps, lithographs, photographs, and interviews were consulted as I uncovered the architectural modifications that occurred during the Second Empire under Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann. I examined the effects of these changes on the flaneur, and then more closely studied the flaneur’s presence in selected works of Baudelaire. In conclusion, I found that the modem, physical transformations of the city directly led to the rise of both flanerie and authors like Charles Baudelaire. Flanerie has become such an indelible part of French and, specifically, Parisian society that its effects may still be seen in the city today.
Recommended Citation
Dye, Caroline Turner, "The 'Parisian Prowler': The Effects of Modernity on Flanerie and Poetry of Charles Baudelaire" (2006). Honors Theses. 1993.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1993
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