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-# [[court|Court]] [[récit]] d’[[aventure]]s [[imaginaire]]s, soit qu’elles aient de la [[vraisemblance]] ou que s’y mêle du [[merveilleux]], du [[féerique]].+'''Conte''' is French for [[tale]] or [[story]]. The term is derived from Latin ''[[computare|computare]]'' which means to count, to calculate.
-#: '''''Contes''' de fées.''+ 
-#: ''Un '''conte''' fabuleux, merveilleux, féerique.''+==Contes en vers==
-#: ''Les '''contes''' de Boccace, de La Fontaine, etc.''+:''[[contes en vers]]''
-#: '''''Contes''' en vers, en prose.''+'''Contes en vers''' is a French literary genre of which the best known example is [[Jean La Fontaine]]'s ''[[Contes et nouvelles en vers]]''.
-#: ''Ce n’est pas une histoire véritable, c’est un '''conte'''.+ 
 +Fontaine's [[bawdy]] motifs of folktales signaled the beginning of a new genre in French folklore in the succeeding centuries.
 +==Conte facétieux==
 +:''[[conte facétieux]]''
 +'''''Facetiae''''' is a collection of [[humorous]] and [[indecent]] tales by Renaissance humanist [[Poggio Bracciolini]] (1380–1459), first published in 1470. It features such stories as "[[Of a Fool, Who Thought His Wife Had Two Openings]]" and "[[Visio Francisci Philelphi]]," the earliest recorded version of [[Carvel's ring]]. The collection is available in several English translations.
 + 
 +==See also==
 +*[[Racconter]]
 +*[[Ceci n'est pas un conte]]
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Conte is French for tale or story. The term is derived from Latin computare which means to count, to calculate.

Contes en vers

contes en vers

Contes en vers is a French literary genre of which the best known example is Jean La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers.

Fontaine's bawdy motifs of folktales signaled the beginning of a new genre in French folklore in the succeeding centuries.

Conte facétieux

conte facétieux

Facetiae is a collection of humorous and indecent tales by Renaissance humanist Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459), first published in 1470. It features such stories as "Of a Fool, Who Thought His Wife Had Two Openings" and "Visio Francisci Philelphi," the earliest recorded version of Carvel's ring. The collection is available in several English translations.

See also




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