L'Académie française
L'Académie française
- advanced, smart
- Amazing, Complex
- Amazing, cool
- authority, quintessentially French!
- college, faculty
- Dany Laferriere, language.
- different, mysterious, curious
- economics, english, science
- Esteemed, old, powerful.
- exclusive, authority
- Fake, French
- france, education
- French, education
- French, France, University
- Grammar, Academy, Paris
- Grammar, Powerful
- interesting
- language, French, institute
- language, immortals
- literature, academic
- pretension, elitism
- prizes, french language
- pronunciation, language, education
- regimented, traditionalist, alternatives.
- school, French
- studious
- Study, Gastronomy, hard
- conservateur, grammaire, formel
- culture,
- culture, langue
- Dictionnaire
- Dictionnaire, Epée
- dictionnaire, mots, livres
- Dictionnaire, Tenue vestimentaire, Langue Française
- difficulté, études
- définir langue française, école, institution, langue
- Education, langue française, mécénat.
- encyclopédie, costumes
- fierté, culture, éducation
- Finkielkraut
- Francais
- grammaire, institutions
- Histoire, poètes, écrivains
- indécise
- institution
- institution, langue
- Institution, perfectionner la langue française, poètes, romanciers, dramaturges, philosophes.
- Intelligent, vieux.
- Jean D'ormesson, Simone Veil
- Langue, littérature, Orthographe
- langue, vocabulaire, patrimoine
- lettre, éminent
- liberté , égalité
- littérature
- littérature, dictionnaire, institution
- normaliser, perfectionner
- nénufar
- Organisation, finance.
- Partout à l'étranger
- patrimoine culturel, garant
- Pays, vies
- prestige, littérature
- prestige, littérature
- Vieille
- à revoir
- éducation, lecture, culture, orthographe, poésie, écrire, créer, prestige
- érudits
Discussion
Literature, School
Judging from the large variety of connotations of l’Académie française imagined by Bowdoin students, there is a slight impression given off that we really do not know much about the institution at all. With such comments as “amazing,” “mysterious,” and “[E]nglish,” there could certainly exist much of which we rest unaware. Those of Toulouse mentioned the well-known “Dictionnaire,” as well as the “prestige” associated with the organization. As such, one must wonder what exactly is the general sentiment towards l’Académie and to what point does its fame receive admiration? Many Bowdoin students evidently view it as a traditional, powerful authority, perhaps quite outdated with modernity. Yet via Toulouse’s students, one can see the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of France evoked by its name. At the same time, is the institution attempting the impossible of “perfecting” a language?
Je ne pense pas que l’Académie Française essaie d’atteindre la langue parfaite mais en France, nous tenons à notre langue et surtout à sa grammaire, sa conjugaison, nous sommes assez conservateur de cette institution et des valeurs qu’elle transmet.
J’ai l’impression aussi que les français associent l’Académie française à la culture plus qu’à une institution qui vise à “perfectionner” la langue.