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L’enfant, destinataire improbable des Fables de La Fontaine au xviie siècle
The Child, Unlikely Recipient of La Fontaine’s Fables in the 17th Century

Author(s): Fidji Fournier
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, French Literature
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: children’s literature, puerility; pedagogy; audience; reception;

Summary/Abstract: Over and above the habit of making children the privileged recipients of La Fontaine’s Fables, we would like to demonstrate - by attempting to take distance from contemporary representations while using a framework of a historically informed approach - that nothing seems as unlikely as the idea that the fabulist really sought to compose his work for the youngest.

  • Issue Year: 1/2024
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 49-71
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: French
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