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�THE DEFENSE AND ILLUSTRATION OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE� �JOACHIM DU BELLAY�

ILLIA TATARINOV�NATHANY RODRIGUES

HISTÓRIA E TEORIA DA TRADUÇÃO 22/23

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PLAN

Biography

The structure of "The Defence and Illustration of the French Language"

Main problems of translation

Ways of enriching the French literary language

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BIOGRAPHY

  • Born c. 1522, Liré
  • Died on Jan. 1, 1560, Paris
  • Poet
  • Theorist
  • La Pléiade

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THE DEFENSE AND ILLUSTRATION OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE� 

Published in 1549.

Literary theory text

Text consists of two books.

First book: people should develop French.

Second book: poet's talent could be strengthened by learning classical authors. 

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PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION

“It’s impossible to translate it with the same grace that the author has put into it: because each language has something indefinably individual only to itself”.

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JOACHIM DU BELLAY'S SUGGESTIONS FOR LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT

Creating of neologisms

Using forgotten  French old words

Careful imitating from ancient languages 

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REFERENCES

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