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FLVS Francais IV
Français 4 : la Négritude et la littérature africaine. FLVS.
Question | Answer |
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la négritude | black pride |
l'esclavage (masc) | slavery |
le sauvage | the savage |
le cliché | cliche |
le préjugé | prejudice or preconceived idea |
le racisme | racism |
la discrimination | discrimination |
l'abus | abuse |
la tolérance | tolerance |
la racine | root |
le traitement | treatment |
le siècle | century |
la libération | liberation/ freeing |
le compatriote | countryman/ country woman |
revendiquer | to claim |
convaincre | to convince |
souffrir | to suffer |
améliorer | to improve |
dénoncer | to denounce, to blame, to condemn |
le roi, la reine | king, queen |
reprocher | to disaprove, to admonish |
s'interroger | to ask oneself |
abolir= suprimer | to abolish |
tenter de= essayer de | to try to |
réduire | reduce, diminish |
quasiment | nearly |
mythique | mythical |
rebelle | rebellious |
se forger (une idée) | to be convinced |
la figure de proue= le chef de file= le père | leader, founder, father |
l'effet contraire (masc.) | the opposite effect |
une idée préconçue= | a preconceived idea |
le mythe du bon sauvage | the myth of the "good savage"= the banana republic cliche perception |
de l’époque | of the time |
le noeud de l'histoire | plot |
vis-à-vis | towards |
en commun | in common |
bien s'entendre | to get along |
les autochtones(masc.) africains | native Africans |
les lutte (fem) quotidiennes | daily struggles |
romantiser (e) | romanticized, idealized |
de naissance | by birth |
partager | to share |
intitulé | titled |
en tant que | as |
en avoir ras-le-bol | to be fed up |
engagé | committed to a political cause |
se récrier contre les injustices(fem.) | to cry out against injustice |
le précurseur | = precursor, forerunner |
se concrétiser | to become a reality |
la quête identitaire africaine | the African identity quest |
le dramaturge | playwright |
Rappelez-vous que | Remember that |
le porte parole | spokesman |
le genre | type ( of literature) |
une œuvre | work |
le chef-d'œuvre | master piece |
la citation | quotation |
le rapport | relationship |
le sens, la signification | meaning |
le point culminant | climax of a story |
un personnage | character |
le caractère | personality, character |
une fable | fable |
un conte | tale |
un roman | novel |
la nouvelle | short story |
édifiant (e) | educational |