FRNCH 14 Lecture 2: Brief French History + Readings Background
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Ernest renan (1823 - 1892: wrote many pieces. Wrote that specific careers are better suited to a race. Lecture given in a university in france: very prolific writer, wrote about racial hierarchies o. Interested in social politics, history, etc: discusses language & shared space are not a way to define culture -> defined thru memories. Forgetting in order to unify better = good. Things like war that created the nation should be memories that are forgotten. Historical sites, authors (renowned), political figures, etc. were assigned to various authors. Calls les lieux de memoire as a history of multiple voices. Creating archives, eulogies are not living in present. Cave painting @ cascaux o o o. Abstract designs (might be stars), animals, humans: opened in 1950s for public, 1963 -> caves were becoming so deteriorated, only few people per day. Eventually closed and reconstructed a duplicate site in 1983 of a mile long. 600 bc: greek colony, invaded from modern turkey.
