《Discours sur l'université de la langue française》 (English notation)

Japanese: 《Discours sur l'université de la langue française》(英語表記)Discourssurluniversitedelalanguefrancaise
《Discours sur l'université de la langue française》 (English notation)

…After the French Revolution, he wrote letters to the French court, but he was pursued by the revolutionary forces and traveled abroad before dying in Berlin. However, the work that left his name in the history of literature and language is his Discours sur l'université de la langue française (1784), which won the Berlin Academy's essay prize. In this work, which compares French with neighboring languages ​​and uses aphorisms such as "what is not clear is not French" throughout, and which argues for the superiority of French in a passionate style, although many omissions are pointed out today, it was enough to give French people pride as a tribute to the French language, which reigned over Western Europe at that time. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Discours sur l'université de la langue française" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またフランス革命後の宮廷側に立ち,政界人を相手どる文書をつづったが,そのため革命勢力に追われ,外国を転々としたのちベルリンで没した。だが彼の名を文学・語学史上にとどめた作といえば何よりもまず,ベルリン・アカデミーの懸賞論文に当選した《フランス語の世界性についてDiscours sur l’université de la langue française》(1784)であろう。隣接諸国語と対比しつつ,〈明晰でないものはフランス(語)的でない〉などの警句を随所に用い,熱気のある文体で自国語の優越を説いたこの著述は,今日では数々の遺漏を指摘されてはいるものの,この時期,西欧圏に君臨したフランス語への賛辞として自国民に誇りを与えるに十分なものであった。…

※「《Discours sur l'université de la langue française》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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