Conte (literature)
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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 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
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