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[identity profile] 17catherines.livejournal.com 2007-04-21 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I know nothing about French poetry, and am simply (and lazily) enjoying the ride. Though I can't tell if I never want to read any Prevert ever, ever again, or whether I would enjoy the nostalgia trip!

So - post what appeals to you. I'm enjoying it regardless.

love

Catherine, enthusiastic but unhelpful

[identity profile] foudebassan.livejournal.com 2007-04-21 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Prévert's easy so I thought he might appeal to non-Native speakers... We'll see.
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[identity profile] 17catherines.livejournal.com 2007-04-22 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's exactly why we get him in school so much!

(I am hearing the voices of my french teachers in my ears right now on the subject of Prevert's simplicity of language and what this represents, aside from an easy poem to teach your students)

[identity profile] foudebassan.livejournal.com 2007-04-23 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
Laziness, and unwillgness to use all of one's vocabulary?

(I never could get into Prévert)
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[identity profile] 17catherines.livejournal.com 2007-04-23 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
There were one or two poems of his that I liked - but we had to study so very many of them that I suspect this was simply a matter of odds...

[identity profile] foudebassan.livejournal.com 2007-04-23 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
They do have some kind of charm, but I do think he's widely over-rated by French teachers all around the world :(
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[identity profile] 17catherines.livejournal.com 2007-04-24 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Agreed.