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''Dieu'' ("God", 1891) is a long religious epic by Victor Hugo, parts of which were written between 1855 and 1862. It was left unfinished, and published after his death. When it was rejected by his publisher in 1857, Hugo tried to integrate it into ''Petites Epopées'' (later ''La Légende des siècles''), eventually announcing that it would form a companion work, along with ''La Fin de Satan''. He had stopped work entirely by 1862, and while the result is fairly coherent, it is less complete than either of the other works, lacking even opening lines. ==Argument== The first part is entitled ''Ascension dans les Ténèbres'' ("Ascent into the Shadows") or ''Le Seuil du gouffre'' ("The Threshold of the Abyss"). The poet encounters a being which identifies itself as the Human Spirit: an embodiment of mediocrity, middlingness, of humanity ''en masse''. After the spirit questions him on his motives for coming to this place, the narrator calls out into the void, and soon believes he can make out a multitude of indistinct faces blocking out the depths, from which he hears mysterious voices, possibly demonic, which provide worldly, agnostic, "sensible" advice at great length, and advise the human poet not to bother with ultimate questions ("''L'absolu vous ignore. Ignorez-le.''") When he reacts with indignation and despair, they respond with inscrutable laughter. The second part, ''Dieu'' or ''L’Océan d’en haut'' ("The Ocean from Above"), depicts various religious and anti-religious points of view as beasts and animals, each emerging from the shadows to state its case. * Atheism: the Bat * Scepticism: the Owl * Manichaeism: the Crow * Paganism: the Vulture * Mosaism: the Eagle * Christianity: the Gryphon * Rationalism: the Angel * "What Still Has No Name": the Light The third part, ''Le Jour'' ("Day"), is mostly unwritten and very brief, and concludes the work with the poet accepting an offer of enlightenment — which entails instant death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dieu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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