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100 1 _aBenjamin, René,
_d1885-1948
245 1 3 _aLa farce de la Sorbonne
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2024-02-26
508 _aLaurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
520 _a"La Farce de la Sorbonne" by René Benjamin is a satirical examination of academic life written in the early 20th century. The work critiques the state of French higher education, particularly through the lens of the Sorbonne, showcasing a variety of professors and their eccentricities. The book utilizes humor and absurdity to highlight the shortcomings of the educational system and its practitioners. The opening portion introduces the author’s early experiences at the Sorbonne, revealing his youthful impressions of the university and the characters inhabiting it, particularly the professors he encounters. It is depicted as a mix of awe and disillusionment, as he observes the pretentiousness of his peers and the rigid, often ridiculous teaching methods of the professors. Through anecdotes of exams and classroom interactions, Benjamin sets the stage for a broader critique of the institution, hinting at the farcical nature of its operation while planting seeds for a deeper exploration of intellectual pretension and the absurdity of educational pomp. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Arthème Fayard, 1921
653 _aUniversité de Paris
856 4 _uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3348486s
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73039
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