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The Texts Most Used in the Teaching of Old French

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Raymond Weeks
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An inquiry into the texts most in use for the teaching of Old French in the best universities cannot help having a certain pedagogical interest. The value of such an inquiry would be greater, if we possessed a similar investigation made fifteen or twenty years ago. Although no such investigation is recorded, it is nonetheless fitting and important to set down here the results of a recent inquiry into this question.

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Research Article
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PMLA , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , 1903 , pp. 526 - 534
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1903

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1 Although the scope of this inquiry did not include chrestomathies, it may be interesting to observe that those most in use are, in order: Paris-Langlois, Förster-Koschwitz, Bartsch, and Constans.

1 It is needless to observe that the price of the various texts has a great deal to do with the frequency of their use. This is seen clearly in the fact that two thirds of the texts reported as having been read during the three years cost five francs or less.

1 One of the last evidences of the activity of the great Master is: La Vie de St. Alexis, nouvelle éd., Emile Bouillon, 1903, 63 pp.

1 See the statement of G. Paris, Romania, v, p. 110: “Aliscans, que plusieurs critiques n'hésitent pas à mettre à côté du Roland.”

A new edition of this epic is being prepared by three of Suchier's pupils.

1 With four exceptions, all the teachers using the works of Marie studied at the university in question.

1 The selections read in chrestomathies are of course not taken into account. It may be observed in passing that relatively few epic selections in the chrestomathies seem to be read in Germany.