François-Joseph Bérardier de Bataut

François -Joseph de Bérardier Bataut (* 1720 in Paris, † 1794 in Paris) was a French teacher, writer and translator in the Age of Enlightenment.

• 3.1 Bio - bibliographical information
• 3.2 Papers

Life and work

François -Joseph de Bérardier Bataut is born in 1720 in Paris. After studying theology, he is Prior, then rhetoric teacher at the Collège du Plessis. He is the author of a history book ( Précis de l' histoire universelle, 1766 ), which is highly appreciated by his contemporaries, a treatise in dialogue form on the art of storytelling ( Essai sur le récit, 1776 ) and the translator of the anti - Lucrèce of Melchior de Polignac. Bérardier died 1794 in Paris.

The Essai sur le récit

The Essai sur le récit, which was published in 1776, represents an important theoretical reflection on the art of storytelling in the French 18th century dar. The text writes in the tradition of Platonic dialogue one: two characters are talking here about the " ways of storytelling " in various genres. The dialogues are related to the nature of the story and the art of storytelling in fictional works such as the fable, the novel or the fairy tale as well as in non-fictional works such as the history or the oral presentation of an everyday event. The French literary theorist Jean Sgard estimates Bérardier de Bataut as the author of the French 18th century, " the most with the nature of storytelling and its different modalities dealt to " have, even if it would represent a more " traditional doctrine".

The verse translation of the anti- Lucrèce

The anti- Lucrèce, written by Melchior de Polignac (1661-1744) in contemporary Latin and in verse, first appeared posthumously in 1747. It was a great success and was translated in the 18th and 19th centuries, no fewer than five times. In Bérardiers version of the anti - Lucrèce is as much about a didactic poem as a work of Christian apologetics: Bérardier used the translation in verse form that relies on all the resources of poetry to illustrate the reasoning. He combined them with some longer notes which follow each song and make it clear in an apologetic dimension that not only Lucretius is contradicted, but especially the modern materialism as represented him numerous thinkers of the Enlightenment.

Works

• Précis de l' histoire universelle, Paris: Hérissant fils, 1766, in-8 °, XII -383 pages. ( A second edition will be published in 1776 C.-P. Berton, a third, " revue, corrigee et augmentée par Charles -Constant Letellier " appears at 1823 C. Le Tellier. )
• Essai sur le récit, ou sur la Questions and Answers manière de raconter, Paris: C.-P. Berton, 1776, in -12 °, X -725 pages. ( See also the annotated online edition: edited by Christof Schöch, 2010 URL:. Www.berardier.org. )
• L' Anti- Lucrèce en vers françois, traduit par François -Joseph de Bérardier Bataut, Paris: C.-P. Berton, 1786. ( The work of Melchior de Polignac ( 1661-1744 ) was written in contemporary Latin and was published posthumously in 1747. His success is reflected in no less than five translations into French down. )