Author: William Whitfield LambPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Syntax of the Heptameron
Author: William Whitfield LambPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A Study of the Syntax of Le Moyen de Parvenir
Author: George Harris BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Heptameron
Author: Marguerite De NavarrePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141911158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes, as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars, adulterous noblemen and deceitful wives. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to express De Navarre's own views - The Heptameron provides a fascinating insight into the minds and passions of the nobility of sixteenth century France.
Romantic languages pamphlets
Author: The Semantics and Syntax of French Autre
Author: Marvyn Roy HarrisMLN.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues. Consult the online table of contents for specific holdings.
New York University Catalogue
Author: New York UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Ex Libris
Author: Catalogue
Author: New York UniversityApproaches to Teaching Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron
Author: Colette H. WinnPublisher: Approaches to Teaching World L
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Marguerite de Navarre-writer, reformer, patron-was a key figure of the French Renaissance. Her works, however, were critically reassessed by scholars only in the twentieth century. Today her Heptameron is widely anthologized and frequently taught in undergraduate and graduate classrooms. But teaching this collection of novellas presents challenges: the work is in Middle French, complex in its construction, and far-reaching in its use of historical context. This ninety-fifth volume in the Approaches to Teaching World Literature series aims to show teachers how to unravel the intricacies of the Heptameron for students. The first part, "Materials," reviews editions and translations, surveys sources that are useful in the classroom, and considers audiovisual and technological resources available to instructors. The second part, "Approaches," features twenty-seven essays that explore the Heptameron and its cultural and historical contexts; the religious and political ideas and the literary genres that influenced it; its publishing history; and its relation to other works by Marguerite. Experienced instructors share insights about how to teach this work in foreign language and survey courses; how to incorporate film and visual art in the classroom; and how to approach the subject of gender in discussing Marguerite's writing.