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French Literature
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written by citizens of other nations such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, etc. is referred to as Francophone literature. As of 2006, French writers have been awarded more Nobel Prizes in Literature than novelists, poets and essayists of any other country. France itself ranks first in the list of Nobel Prizes in
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Isn't post-modernism really one big cover-up for the failure of the French to write a truly interesting novel ever since a sports car ate Albert Camus?
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هنوز چیزی نگذشته یکی از کوچولوهایی که روی زمین نشسته بودند به سویش آمد،از بازویش گرفت و بالا رفت و روی زانویش نشست تا با با او کتاب را تماشا کند؛ کودک دیگری هم از آن طرف بالا رفت و روی زانوی دیگرش نشست. آنگاه بود که رویایی همانند آنچه سالها پیش دیده بود به سراغش آمد. زمان درازی خود را در حالتی مجسم کرد که در شب خوش و دل انگیزی در خانه ی خودش نشسته است و کتاب می خواند و آن زیبای ناشناسی که پیانو می زند همسر اوست...
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― Le Grand Meaulnes
― Le Grand Meaulnes
Exploring the "fiction" of Helene Cixous; looking at how she uses other writers (from literary t…more
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