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Alors qu’au XVIe siècle le pédant est en charge de l’instruction des jeunes gens au collège comme à l’université, à la fin du siècle suivant, le mot désigne toute personne qui abuse de son savoir dans sa relation aux autres. En même temps, la littérature comique rend populaire le personnage du pédant, universitaire et savant sentencieux dont le ridicule s’exprime à la fois dans l’allure dégradante, la conduite discordante et le jargon inintelligible. Figure caricaturale du clivage entre l’être et le paraître, sa présomption est à l’égal de son «incivilité» et de la dérision qui l’accompagne. Dégageant les traits de ce personnage, dans son usage tronqué du savoir et du langage, Jocelyn Royé montre comment la notion de pédantisme se développe à partir de Montaigne et culmine dans la représentation cocasse qu’en donne Molière. Mais entre ces deux auteurs, nombre d’écrivains placent le ridicule du pédant et la charge contre le pédantisme au coeur de leurs oeuvres, comme autant de manières de participer aux débats, aux polémiques et aux mutations épistémologiques en cours. Aussi, est-ce bien une critique de la sclérose intellectuelle, des opinions péremptoires et des attitudes affectées qu’alimente le succès littéraire dont jouit la figure du pédant.

French literature --- Pedantry. --- Teachers in literature. --- Littérature française --- Pédantisme --- Enseignants dans la littérature --- Themes, motives. --- Thèmes, motifs --- Thèmes et motifs --- Pedantry --- Pedant --- Pedanterie --- Literatur --- Französisch --- Littérature française --- Pédantisme --- Enseignants dans la littérature --- Thèmes, motifs --- Thèmes et motifs --- Französisch

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Although Renaissance scholars generally agree that Della Porta was the finest comic playwright of his generation in Italy, no detailed analysis of these plays and of their considerable influence outside Italy has previously appeared. One of the most famous men of his time in the field of scientific investigation, Della Porta wrote plays for relaxation and, on occasion, to camouflage controversial aspects of his scientific research from the Inquisitions. Today his works in science are largely forgotten and his right to fame rests on the plays. This book brings together the available facts of Della Porta's rich and often mysterious life and closely examines his dramatic works as part of the Italian literary scene in late Renaissance. Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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