Used book – Bibliocollège - L'île des esclaves, Marivaux, Isabelle de Lisle, Pierre de Marivaux

On an island unknown to geographers, four shipwreck survivors, Iphicrates, Euphrosine, and their respective slaves Arlequin and Cleanthis, are forced to exchange their social standings. Lamentations for some, shouts of revenge or joy for others!

The theater stage, like this island of all possibilities, becomes a laboratory where Marivaux experiments with social inversion: before their desperate former masters and under the eyes of an audience delighted by this lighthearted fantasy, the freed slaves can dare anything...

What conclusions do the masters draw from this experience? What lessons do the spectators read in this invigorating comedy? And above all, what perspective does Marivaux invite us to adopt today on our conversations, our conventions, and our social barriers?

• The complete annotated text • Questionnaires throughout the text • Annotated iconographic documents • An "Image Reading and Art History" section based on 2 color documents reproduced on the inside front and back covers

• A presentation of Marivaux and theater in the 18th century • An overview of comedy genres in the 18th century • A text grouping: "Equality and Fraternity"