Edmond Faral
Encyclopedia
Edmond Faral was a French medievalist. He became in 1924 Professor of Latin literature
at the Collège de France
.
He wrote his dissertation on the jongleurs, and E. R. Curtius states that he was the first to recognize an influence of the medieval Latin poetics
and rhetoric
on Old French
poetry. He was appointed to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
in 1936.
Latin literature
Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings of the ancient Romans. In many ways, it seems to be a continuation of Greek literature, using many of the same forms...
at the Collège de France
Collège de France
The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
.
He wrote his dissertation on the jongleurs, and E. R. Curtius states that he was the first to recognize an influence of the medieval Latin poetics
Poetics
Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory...
and rhetoric
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
on Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
poetry. He was appointed to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society devoted to the humanities, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France.-History:...
in 1936.
Works
- Les Jongleurs en France au Moyen Age (1910)
- Mimes francais du XIIIe siecle (1910)
- Courtois d'Arras : jeu du XIII° siècle (1911)
- Recherches dur les Sources Latines des Contes et Romans Courtois du Moyen Age (1913)
- Gautier D'aupais. Poème Courtois du XIIIème Siècle(1919)
- Le Roman de Troie en prose (1922) editor with L. Constans
- La légende arthurienne. Études et documents. Les plus anciens textes.(1929)
- La Chanson de Roland (1932)
- Les Arts poétiques du XIIe et du XIIIe siècle
- Vie quotidienne au temps de Saint Louis (1938)
- Textes relatifs à la civilisation matérielle et morale des temps modernes. (1938)
- Petite grammaire de l'ancien francais, XIIe-XIIIe siecles (1941)
- Onze poèmes de RutebeufRutebeufRutebeuf , a trouvère, was born in the first half of the 13th century, possibly in Champagne ; he was evidently of humble birth, and he was a Parisian by education and residence. His name is nowhere mentioned by his contemporaries...
concernant la croisade (1946) editor with J. Bastin, - De Babione (Poëme comique du XIIème siècle) (1948)
- Jean Buridan. Notes sur les manuscrits, les éditions et le contenu de ses ouvrages," Archives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du Moyen Âge 15: 1-53 (1946)
- "Jean Buridan: Maître és arts de l'Université de Paris," Histoire Littéraire de la France 28 (1949).
- Guillaume de Digulleville, moine de Châalis (1952)
- Les arts poétiques du XIIème et du XIII siècles. Recherches et documents sur la technique littéraire du Moyen Age (1958)
- Oeuvres complètes de Rutebeuf (1959-60)