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Contes et fables

Author: Lev Nikolaïevitch TOLSTOÏ

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-10-16

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1291596461

Le comte Lev Nikolaïevitch Tolstoï (Léon Tolstoï), né en 1828 à Iasnaïa Poliana en Russie et décédé le 20 novembre 1910 à Astapovo, est un des écrivains majeurs de la littérature russe.Ce livre contient, en même temps que la description d'événements qui se sont passés réellement, des fables, des légendes, des contes choisis parmi tous ceux que l'on a écrits pour moraliser les hommes.Beaucoup de personnes, et surtout les enfants, en lisant une histoire, un conte, une légende, une fable, se demandent, tout d'abord, si la chose est vraisemblable ; et souvent, s'ils voient que ce qu'on leur raconte n'a pu arriver, ils se disent alors : C'est une simple invention, ce n'est pas vrai ! Les gens qui jugent ainsi ont tort.La vérité sera dévoilée, non pas à celui qui se contente de savoir si telle chose est arrivée ou peut arriver, mais à celui qui comprend ce que doit être la vie.

The Conte

Author: Janice Carruthers

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9783039118700

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A majority of the chapters in this book were originally presented as papers at a conference held at Queen's University Belfast in September 2006. The volume explores the oral-written dynamic in the conte français/francophone, focusing on key aspects of the relationship between oral and written forms of the conte. The chapters fall into four broad thematic areas (the oral-written dynamic in early modern France; literary appropriations and transformations; postcolonial contexts; storytelling in contemporary France: linguistic strategies). Within these broad areas, some chapters deal with sources and influences (such as that of written on oral and vice versa), others with the nature of the discourse resulting from an oral-written dynamic (discourse structure, linguistic features etc.), some with the oral-written interface as it affects the definition of genre, others with the role of the 'oral' within the literary or written text (use of storytelling scenarios, the problematics inherent in transcribing/adapting the spoken word etc.). This chronological and methodological range allows us to situate the emergence of the form in socio-cultural and historical terms, and to open up debate around the role of the conte in particular geographical and political contexts: regional, national, European and postcolonial. This book contains contributions in both English and French.

Science, Fables and Chimeras

Author: Philippe Murillo

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2013-11-25

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1443854441

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The history of science provides numerous examples of the way in which imagination, religion and mythology have sometimes helped and sometimes hindered scientific progress. While established ideas and beliefs clearly held back the discoveries of Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin, the intuitive knowledge found in mythology, art and religion has often proved useful in indicating new ways in which to explore or represent new knowledge of the world. Stories, fables and images have contributed to drawing a fuller picture of the past, understanding the present and imagining the future. The essays in this book, written by academics, writers and artists from various fields ranging from La Fontaine’s fables to nanotechnology and modern art, all point out the ways in which imagination works its way into all the fields of knowledge. At both ends of the spectrum, the hybrid nature of the chimera emerges as a pivotal symbol of both man’s predation instinct and a powerful symbol of his fear of extinction. This interdisciplinary book, weaving together visual representation, literature, mysticism, and science, will appeal to historians of science, philosophy, art and religion. It will also be of interest to scholars in cultural studies and anthropology. Drawing on recent scientific research and artistic production, the volume will additionally interest a wider audience wishing to learn more about man’s obsession and fascination with the potent symbolism of dinosaurs and dragons and all hybrid forms generated by the human imagination and recent technology.