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| HIST0140-1 | History of the book in modern times, particularly in Wallonia
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Daniel Droixhe, Nadine Vanwelkenhuyzen |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The 2009-2010 course will cover:
Fringe elements of society, poètes maudits and "unconventional" thinkers in 18th century French literature. Production, edition, reception.
In particular, the following authors will be considered:
Henri-Joseph Dulaurens
Le compère Mathieu: l'édition critique by D. Gambert (dissertation, University of Poitiers, dir. N. Masson; D. Droixhe, Jury Member, 2008).
La chandelle d'Arras: un projet d'édition critique by D. Droixhe unications/droixhe081108.pdf (http://www.arllfb.be/ebibliotheque/communications/droixhe081108.pdf)
Imirce, ou la fille de la nature: éditions et contrefaçons.
Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Florent
"Esprit chagrin et génie malheureux", born in Lorraine in 1750, died aged 30. Advisor to Alembert, he fell out with him and found himself "a recluse in an attic, destined to live by his pen, miserably". In 1772 and then 1773, he presented two pieces to the Academie Française competition. "His work, The Unhappy Poet, full of elegiac accents, demonstrates a certain talent, or at least a certain sensitivity, did not even receive a mention; it was Jean-François de La Harpe, director of Mercure de France, who received the prize".
Such was the beginnings of an implacable enmity between the two men. He denounced the banalities and postures of philosophism, in particular the Encyclopaedists and became an acquaintance of Fréron, the director of the Année Littéraire. His satire, "The 18th Century" was examined by authors of the time.
We will study the debates in which this "meteor of the literary field" became embroiled in the Liègois press of his time. We will link his Adieux à la Vie, a poem in the pre-romantic theme to the literary movement connecting Gessner and Young.
Jean-Baptise Isoard, known as Delisle de Sales
La philosophie de la nature, 1769 sv.: les mises en scène de la théorie de l'homme.
- Le Parisien et Le Caraïbe
- Entretien d'une Américaine et d'un archevêque
- Orondal, histoire philosophique écrite sur les mémoires de Zoroastre
- Les douze surprises de Pythagore
The 1769 and 1774 editions of Philosophie de la nature: continuités et différences.
The Liegoise edition of Philosophie de la nature (Plomteux, 1778): l'identification par la bibliographie matérielle.
Jean-Baptiste Robinet
De la Nature, 1761
N. Donato, l'Homme d'Etat, translation from Italian into French with a large number of major additions by J.-B. Robinet, Liege: Plomteux and Paris: Sallant, 1766.
Thémiseul de Saint-Hyacinthe, Hyacinthe Cordonnier dit
Le chef-d'oeuvre de l'inconnu, 1714, See E. Méchoulan, "Le démon du savoir: dans les marges du Dr Mathanasius", Colloque Figures Atypiques et Illégitimités Culturelles (1715-914). University of Montreal, 27th March 1997. |
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| Course objective : | To give students the methodological and documentary means to undertake an examination of the history of books and to be able to place this within tthe context of the history of modern literature. To address various approaches to identifying forged works carried out in Liege in the 18th century. To provide information about the current state of play of studies on the quantitative analysis of library inventories and the reception given to the European print production in the local media. |
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| Prerequisites : | A basic knowledge of the history of French modern literature and the cultural history of Liege. |
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| Workshops : | Personal research on a work about an author or a literary work and the reception given to European literature in local press. |
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| Organization : | Under the direction of D. Droixhe and N. Vanwelkenhuyzen. Documentation is available on the Ulg's 18th century Study Group website (www.gedhs. ulg.ac.be). Contact: M. Collart(muriel.collart@skynet.be)
See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | See D. Droixhe:
Signatures clandestines et autres essais sur les contrefaçons de Liège et de Maastricht au XVIIIe siècle, Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 2001: 10. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation. 2001.
Une histoire des Lumières au pays de Liège. Ulg edition, 2007. |
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| Assessment : | Mainly on the basis on the personal research presented to the other students. |
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| Contacts : | daniel.droixhe@ulg.ac.be
nvanwel@ulg.ac.be
muriel.collart@skynet.be |
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