THÉÂTRE, IDENTITÉ ET POLITIQUE CULTURELLE SOUS LE CONSULAT ET L’EMPIRE.

The article talks about dramatic art and cultural policy under the Reign of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1799-1815 (Consulate) and the French Empire by mentioning about French literature and work of French authors. Topics discussed include theater as the most effective means of collective education and political propaganda, report of playwright Marie Joseph Chénie about the relations of literature to cultural policies and to political authorities; and reading of the literary and dramatic production by poet Victor Hugo.