Histoire comique de Francion
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| - | :''[[Baroque comic fiction]]'' | + | '''''La Vraie Histoire comique de Francion''''' (English: ''[[Histoire comique de Francion]]'') is a novel by [[Charles Sorel]]. Sorel tried to destroy the vogue of the [[pastoral romance]] by writing this novel. The first edition in seven books was in 1623; second edition in twelve books in 1633. |
| - | '''''La Vraie Histoire comique de Francion''''' is a novel by [[Charles Sorel]]. Sorel tried to destroy the vogue of the [[pastoral romance]] by writing a novel of adventure, the ''[[Histoire comique de Francion]]'' (first edition in seven books, 1623; second edition in twelve books, 1633). The episodical adventures of ''Francion'' found many readers, who nevertheless reserved their admiration for [[Honoré d'Urfé]]'s ''[[Astrée]]'', which it was intended to ridicule. | + | |
| - | It is a [[picaresque]] inspired story of the ruses and amorous dealings of a young gentleman, and his ''[[Le Berger extravagant]]'' is a satire of the d'Urfé-inspired pastoral romance, which (taking a clue from the end of ''[[Don Quixote]]'') has a young man take on the life of a shepherd. Despite its "realism", Sorel's works remain, nonetheless, highly baroque with [[dream sequence]]s and [[inserted narrations]] (for example, when Francion tells of his years at school) typical of the adventure novel. This use of inserted stories also follows Cervantes who inserted a number of nearly autonomous stories into his ''Quixote''. | + | The episodical adventures of ''Francion'' found many readers, who nevertheless reserved their admiration for [[Honoré d'Urfé]]'s ''[[Astrée]]'', which it was intended to ridicule. |
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| + | It is a [[picaresque]] inspired story of the ruses and amorous dealings of a young gentleman. | ||
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| '''''La Vraie Histoire comique de Francion''''' est un [[Roman (littérature)|roman]], dont la première version est écrite par [[Charles Sorel]] en [[1623 en littérature|1623]], constitue l’une des premières et des plus importantes [[histoire comique|histoires comiques]]. Il raconte les aventures amusantes de Francion, gentilhomme français à la recherche du grand amour. Elles permettent à Sorel de faire une satire assez vive de la société de son temps. | '''''La Vraie Histoire comique de Francion''''' est un [[Roman (littérature)|roman]], dont la première version est écrite par [[Charles Sorel]] en [[1623 en littérature|1623]], constitue l’une des premières et des plus importantes [[histoire comique|histoires comiques]]. Il raconte les aventures amusantes de Francion, gentilhomme français à la recherche du grand amour. Elles permettent à Sorel de faire une satire assez vive de la société de son temps. | ||
| - | + | ==See also== | |
| + | *''La vraye Histoire comique de Francion'' illustration by [[Martin van Maele]] | ||
| + | *[[Baroque comic fiction]] | ||
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La Vraie Histoire comique de Francion (English: Histoire comique de Francion) is a novel by Charles Sorel. Sorel tried to destroy the vogue of the pastoral romance by writing this novel. The first edition in seven books was in 1623; second edition in twelve books in 1633.
The episodical adventures of Francion found many readers, who nevertheless reserved their admiration for Honoré d'Urfé's Astrée, which it was intended to ridicule.
It is a picaresque inspired story of the ruses and amorous dealings of a young gentleman.
French
La Vraie Histoire comique de Francion est un roman, dont la première version est écrite par Charles Sorel en 1623, constitue l’une des premières et des plus importantes histoires comiques. Il raconte les aventures amusantes de Francion, gentilhomme français à la recherche du grand amour. Elles permettent à Sorel de faire une satire assez vive de la société de son temps.
See also
- La vraye Histoire comique de Francion illustration by Martin van Maele
- Baroque comic fiction
