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French Studies: Nouvelles de la république des lettres
Author(s) -
SETH CATRIONA
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal for eighteenth‐century studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1754-0208
pISSN - 1754-0194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-0208.2011.00445.x
Subject(s) - narrative , publishing , curriculum , period (music) , humanities , literature , history , art , sociology , aesthetics , pedagogy
This essay sketches the state of French studies from contemporary fiction rooted in eighteenth‐century texts to born digital editions, looking at the changing shape of the literary canon, trends in publishing, the importance of anniversaries in galvanising research on specific authors or books, the part played by curricula, and the language in which French texts are taught to non‐native‐speakers. It observes an insufficient circulation of secondary literature and notes a gradual shift towards enhancing the role of eighteenth‐century authors long considered secondary, drawing on interdisciplinary approaches and taking into account a less linear narrative of the period.