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The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist. The antagonist provides obstacles and complications and creates conflicts that test the protagonist, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist's character, and having the protagonist develop as a ...
Atala. (novella) Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le désert ( English: Atala, or The Loves of two Indian savages in the desert) is an early novella by French author François-René de Chateaubriand, first published on 12 germinal IX (2 April 1801). [ 1] The story is told from the point of view of the 73-year-old hero, Chactas, whose ...
The Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français (DEAF) is an etymological dictionary of Old French. The lexicographic project was born in the mid-1960s and has been in progress ever since with its headquarters at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Germany). Known and valued amongst linguists, philologists and medievalists ...
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The Intouchables. The Intouchables ( French: Intouchables, pronounced [ɛ̃tuʃablə] ), also known as Untouchable in the UK and Ireland and Scandinavia, [ 2] is a 2011 French buddy comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache. It stars François Cluzet and Omar Sy. The plot of the film is inspired by the true ...
Meridional French ( French: français méridional ), also referred to as Francitan (a portmanteau of français and occitan ), is the regional variant of the French language spoken in the area of Marseille, Avignon and Toulouse. It is influenced by the Occitan language . There are speakers of Meridional French in all generations, but the accent ...
OSS 117 is the codename for Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a fictional secret agent created by French writer Jean Bruce (and continued by his widow Josette following Bruce's accidental death). [ 1] Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath is described as being an American Colonel from Louisiana of French descent. After service in the Office of Strategic ...
Filling: buttercream or clotted cream, ganache, or jam. Media: Macaron. Traditional macarons de Nancy. A macaron ( / ˌmækəˈrɒn / MAK-ə-RON, [ 1][ 2] French: [makaʁɔ̃] ⓘ ) or French macaroon ( / ˌmækəˈruːn / MAK-ə-ROON ) is a sweet meringue -based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and ...