Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) is a writer and a convinced humanist who joined trying to fight the vices of society, without resorting to violence. He acknowledges fanaticism and racism as sources of creating hostility among men and the world wars as the signs of the man’s return to barbarism. Through his works he tries to divulge his ideas, but it seems that the apathy 160Plume 16 of his characters in front of the social events pushes them in the margins and they are faced with a bifurcation: shrink from cruel enemy to refrain from violence and enter the war to safeguard their moral ethics at all costs. Zweig’s hero chooses the first, a decision that drove him to seclusion and endangering its human values.To realize his ideal, Zweig publishesBrazil, Land of the future in which it represents a utopian society who owes his happiness to altruism and a people with a large width of spirit. But, gradually, Zweig discovered that achieving his dreams, despite the worsening international situation, is almost impossible. Resigned before the brute force of destiny, Zweig decided to leave this world that has turned all his dreams to a persistent nightmare.
French: Le heros de Zweig face a un dilemme: compromis ou conflit
Ecrivain et humaniste convaincu, Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) essaie de combattre les vices de la societe, sans recours a la violence. Pour lui, le fanatisme et le racisme sont les sources memes de l’agressivite chez les hommes et les guerres mondiales sont les signes du retour de l’homme a la barbarie. A travers ses oeuvres il essaie de divulguer ses idees, mais l’apathie de ses personnages devant les evenements sociaux les marginalise et ils se trouvent souvent confrontes a un dilemme: reculer devant la cruaute de l’ennemi pour eviter la violence ou entrer en guerre pour sauvegarder leur ethique, quel qu’en soit le prix. Le heros de Zweig choisit de reculer, decision qui le conduit a une retraite absolue et qui met en peril ses valeurs humaines.Pour concretiser son ideal, Zweig publieLe Bresil terre d’avenir dans lequel il represente une societe utopique, qui doit son bonheur a l’altruisme et a un peuple ayant une grande largeur d’esprit. Mais, peu a peu, Zweig decouvre que la realisation de ses reves, en raison de la situation internationale qui s’aggrave, est presque impossible. Resigne devant la force brutale du destin, Zweig decide de quitter ce monde qui a transforme tous ses reves en un cauchemar persistant.
key word: Idealisme, Realisme, Fanatisme, Racisme, Bonheur, Amour