L'oeuvre grammaticale de ferdinand brunot a travers les archives de l'institut
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Abstract EN:
The thesis subject means a research work situated at the boarder between two fields that had to be definited : the scope of the "oeuvre grammaticale" by f. Brunot (1860-1938) and the range of documents left at the institut de france and built up in 1985 as a separate brunot collection (fonds brunot). The "oeuvre grammaticale" describes both the objects created by f. Brunot in this field - open to the public audience through their publication - and the various cognitive or strategic processes which lead f. Brunot to put together these objects : the precis de grammaire historique - elaborated in 1887 by an erudite and young holder of the diploma of the ecole normale superieure, who then dared to deal with the french language out of its latin roots-, the methode de langue francaise drafted in collaboration with mr. Bony and inherited by the french primary education system in 1909, la pensee et la langue, this brilliant work published in 1922; his sanction of the academie francaise in the observations ended this production in 1932. In between these works, various occurences phase here and there f. Brunot's approach of his concept of the french language and his wish to have his processes considered in modern teaching structures : his participation in reform projects of the 'agregation' (highest competitive examination for teachers in france) of grammar and spelling, his creation of the 'archives de la parole', his teaching activity at the alliance francaise that allowed him to found the 'school of the french teachers abroad', his travels associated with the establishment of the french language out of its boarders. The whole of these occurences are collected in the fonds brunot and are specified according to their social-professional, political and geographical origins eg. , thus making it possible to trace the progress of the grammar thought of f. Brunot in his contemporary university domain. The last chapter devoted to the memory of f. Brunot shows an academic institution modelling the official memory of its member to suit its convenience.
Abstract FR:
Le sujet de la these implique une recherche qui se situe a la jonction de deux domaines qu'il a fallu definir : celui de "l'oeuvre grammaticale" de f. Brunot, (1860-1938), et celui des documents deposes a l'institut de france qui constituent depuis 1985 le fonds brunot. L'"oeuvre grammaticale", designe a la fois les objets crees en ce domaine par f. Brunot - rendus publics par leur publication - et les operations d'ordre cognitif ou strategique, qui l'ont conduit a construire ces objets : le precis de grammaire historique en 1887 - elabore par un jeune normalien erudit qui ose traiter la langue francaise hors de ses origines latines -, la methode de langue francaise en collaboration avec m. Bony leguee a l'enseignement primaire en 1909, la realisation magistrale de la pensee et la langue publiee en 1922; la sanction de l'academie francaise par les observations clot cette production, en 1932. Entre ces travaux d'autres occurences ponctuent, dans les archives, la demarche de f. Brunot liee a sa conception de la langue francaise et a son desir de la voir prise en consideration dans des structures d'apprentissage modernes : sa participation aux projets de reforme de l'agregation de grammaire et de l'orthographe, sa creation des archives de la parole, son enseignement a l'alliance francaise qui lui permet de fonder l'ecole pour les professeurs de francais a l'etranger, ses voyages associes a l'implantation de la langue francaise hors de ses frontieres. Chacun de ces evenements reunit au fonds brunot des ensembles de documents qui les definissent, par leur origine socio-professionnelle, politique, geographique etc. , permettant de preciser, puis de suivre la progression de la pensee "grammaticale" de f. Brunot dans son champ universitaire contemporain. Le dernier chapitre consacre au souvenir de f. Brunot, montre une institution universitaire qui faconne a sa convenance la memoire officielle de son ressortissant.