Jean De La Fontaine

Jean de la fontaine né le 8 juillet 1621 à château thierry et mort le 13 avril 1695 à paris est un poète français de grande renommée principalement pour ses fables et dans une moindre mesure pour ses contes.

Jean de la fontaine. For special contributions to french literature he was elected to the french academy of sciences in 1684. Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one. Jean de la fontaine. After a long period of royal suspicion he was admitted to the french academy and his reputation in france has never faded since.

On lui doit également des poèmes divers des pièces de théâtre et des livrets d opéra qui confirment son ambition de moraliste. Jean de la fontaine born july 8 1621 château thierry france died april 13 1695 paris poet whose fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of french literature. Jean de la fontaine nació en una familia acomodada. Jean de la fontaine quotes.

Better pessimist worse optimist. View the list the argument of the strongest is always the best. Jean de la fontaine was a french poet and fabulist who lived and worked during the xvii century. Five years later la fontaine began to study theology with the order of the oratorians but he left the order after his novitiate in 1643.

Era el hijo mayor de un consejero del rey encargado de la guarda de dominios forestales y de caza. Published in 1668 the collection of fables brought la fontaine international fame. He preferred to work in relatively minor and unexploited genres such as the fable and the verse tale. Jean de la fontaine château thierry aisne 8 de julio de 1621 parís 13 de abril de 1695 fue un fabulista francés.

A pessimist and an optimist so much the worse. They were issued under the general title of fables in several volumes from 1668 to 1694 and are considered classics of french literature. The french poet and man of letters jean de la fontaine 1621 1695 was one of the great french classical authors. Sus cuentos y novelas están inspiradas por ariosto boccaccio françois rabelais y margarita de navarra.

Jean de la fontaine was a french fabulist and one of the most widely read french poets of the 17th century. Jean de la fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources both western and eastern and adapted them into french free verse. He is known above all for his fables which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across europe and numerous alternative versions in france as well as in french regional languages. So much the better.

Humorous nuanced and ironical they were originally aimed at adults but then entered the educational system and were required learning for school children. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer la. Jean de la fontaine. Up until his tenth year of school he stayed in the place of his birth and he finished his schooling in paris in 1636.