{"id":30758,"date":"2018-09-26T14:47:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T12:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30758"},"modified":"2018-09-25T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T10:34:05","slug":"edgar-allan-poe-en-francais-le-corbeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/edgar-allan-poe-en-francais-le-corbeau\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Allan Poe En Fran\u00e7ais – Le Corbeau"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning French is can often be difficult when everything about la langue et la culture<\/strong> (the language and the culture) is completely new. There is so much grammar<\/a> and vocabulary that finding a comfort zone often feels like an impossible task.<\/p>\n

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Edgar Allan Poe in 1849. Public Domain.<\/p><\/div>\n

After following the reference in la chanson de <\/strong>Joyce Jonathan<\/em><\/a> (Joyce Jonathan’s song), we learned about le po\u00e8te fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (the French Poet), Charles Baudelaire<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the post on le po\u00e8te fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, I added a small side note about how he was one of the first people to translate Edgar Allan Poe<\/em> en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>. Ces traductions<\/strong> (those translations) allowed Poe<\/em>‘s work spread across la francophonie<\/strong><\/a> and led to many people around the world appreciating le po\u00e8te am\u00e9ricain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For French learners, those same translations offer a fun way to practice la langue<\/strong> with something more familiar than la litt\u00e9rature fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (French Litterature).<\/p>\n

Poe<\/em>‘s writing is generally a winding narrative, which means most of les traductions<\/strong> by Baudelaire<\/em> are very long. For eager French learners, that translates into a lot of material, but malheureusement<\/strong><\/a> (unfortunately), it also takes a very long time to get through the stories.<\/p>\n

Rather than slowly working through un po\u00e8me<\/strong>, I wanted to share la premi\u00e8re strophe<\/strong> (the first stanza) of Le Corbeau<\/strong><\/em> (The Raven). It’s un po\u00e8me<\/strong> every anglophone<\/strong> (English speaker) is familiar with and is a fun way to make the famous lines come to life en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u00ab Une fois, sur le minuit lugubre, pendant que je m\u00e9ditais, faible et fatigu\u00e9, sur maint pr\u00e9cieux et curieux volume d\u2019une doctrine oubli\u00e9e, pendant que je donnais de la t\u00eate, presque assoupi, soudain il se fit un tapotement, comme de quelqu\u2019un frappant doucement, frappant \u00e0 la porte de ma chambre. \u00ab C\u2019est quelque visiteur, \u2014 murmurai-je, \u2014 qui frappe \u00e0 la porte de ma chambre ; ce n\u2019est que cela, et rien de plus. \u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. \u201c\u2009\u2019Tis some visiter,\u201d I muttered, \u201ctapping at my chamber door \u2014 Only this, and nothing more.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Si vous voulez lire le reste<\/strong> (if you want to read the rest), check out Baudelaire<\/em>‘s full translation in La Gen\u00e8se d\u2019un po\u00ebme<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (The Genesis of a Poem)<\/em>. Open the page and scroll down until you see Le Corbeau<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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While trying to read it, make sure you have a copy of the original poem<\/a> so you can easily look up any difficult words en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, and if you are up for the challenge, try to listen to le po\u00e8me en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> as well!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B0-0iHRWX9Y<\/p>\n

The long story can be hard to understand, but it also provides a fun way to learn des nouveax mots<\/a><\/strong> (new words). Don’t worry if you struggle to make it through the whole poem and remember that even if you don’t finish, you’re still improving your French by trying and making mistakes<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Learning French is can often be difficult when everything about la langue et la culture (the language and the culture) is completely new. There is so much grammar and vocabulary that finding a comfort zone often feels like an impossible task. After following the reference in la chanson de Joyce Jonathan (Joyce Jonathan’s song), we…<\/p>\n

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