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FRENCH /lit/ Anonymous Tue Oct 24 11:50:50 2017 No.10185198 [Reply] [Original]

Looking for some Frence literature about anything that isn't depressing. Doesn't need to be something that everyone knows about.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 13:57:21 2017 No.10185562 File: 171 KB, 537x920, DiderotJacquesFatalist01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10185198 How about "Jacques the Fatalist and his Master" by Denis Diderot? It was funny and I didn't wanted do kill myself after reading it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 14:17:56 2017 No.10185635 Jean Racine

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 14:39:54 2017 No.10185714 Can I read Flaubert if I finish the French tree on Duolingo? Seriously how difficult is Flaubert? How about the symbolists and Hugo?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 14:46:10 2017 No.10185729 Cyrano de Bergerac (the play)

Anonymous Tue Oct 24 17:03:41 2017 No.10186178

>>10185714
In relation to this anon's inquiry, how effective is duolingo for language learning? I'm pretty much fluent in French but I haven't finished the duolingo French tree. On the other hand, I've finished the German tree but denser German texts can still be quite challenging for me. I learned French in highschool and college but only did one year of German (and this college level).
It seems to me that Duolingo can only get you to advanced beginner - lower intermediate level (A2-B1). I believe it can be useful as a basic practice tool alongside a Grammar book. Does anyone have any evidence to expand on or contradict this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 17:06:48 2017 No.10186189 >>10185198 Zola's Germinal is great

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 17:09:58 2017 No.10186200 de monfreid

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 17:12:24 2017 No.10186207 >>10185729 how's your porridge?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 18:01:08 2017 No.10186346 >>10185562 Looks good, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 24 18:24:58 2017 No.10186399 Artaud's Heliogabalus is a fucking blast, highly recommended to everybody

Anonymous Tue Oct 24 18:28:36 2017 No.10186409

If you just want some laughs, read anything by Ionesco.Though you have to have heard a good deal of French language before, to feel some of the "chutes" which are greatly dependent on the rhythm of French.

I'd say ubu (3 shirt plays by Alfred Jarry) is good theater too.

Camier, mercier and their bicycle is nice if you're into that humor, but I can imagine it can be a little depressing if you're not.

Then read Céline. Not particularly funny or anything, but he's based, and even though he didn't like Jews, he's one of the best writers we have.

Anonymous Tue Oct 24 23:51:50 2017 No.10187250

>>10186178
I've done the French tree in duolingo. It gives you an okay understanding on most of the more common aspects of grammar and leaves you with a couple thousand vocab. By itself it really only sets you up to read things with simple grammar and small vocabularies like the news or Wikipedia articles.

>>	mystikos Tue Oct 24 23:58:08 2017 No.10187266 Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie Le Mystère des Cathédrales Les Demeures Philosophales Les Récréations hermétiques Méditations sur les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot

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