In a world where literature is often seen as mere entertainment, it may seem important to restore the importance of learning the French language and studying its greatest authors.
We live in a world that praises simplicity and speed at every opportunity. As Paul Morand wrote, it seems possible to assert that «the notion of speed is born of the notion of progress» and that ’it is a function of the least effort«. Yet mastering French is a prodigiously complicated exercise. Especially for a society that seems to abhor any idea of requirement, discipline and constraint.
Because of the rigor it imposes on those who try their hand at it, learning grammar is no longer seen as essential to a child's intellectual development. And teachers now fear that by
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