Paul Alfred Delarue, born 20 April 1889 in Saint-Didier, Nièvre, died 25 July 1956 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, was a French folklorist. [1]
A world-renowned specialist in the field of folklore, [2] his crowning achievement was his Le Conte populaire français, a catalog of folktales found in France and French-speaking areas, structured and modeled on the Aarne-Thompson classification system. [2] [1] The first volume appeared in 1957, a few months after his death. The project, expected to run to several volumes, was continued by Marie-Louise Tenèze. [3]
After dabbling in his interest into local flora (Étude sur la Flore nivernaise, published 1930), he dedicated himself to transcribing and index-carding collected folktales in the manuscripts left by Achille Millien, the Nivernais folklorist. [2] Between 1933 and 1936 he launched his own field study with the inhabitants of Nièvre, while teaching at Saint-Léger-des-Vignes, then Montsauche and Vauzelles,[ citation needed] then moving to the Paris area. He was director of the school in Ivry-sur-Seine, 1939–1946. [1]
His articles showed interest in the origins of the mother goose tales of Charles Perrault, and the relationship between oral and written literature. [2]
An anthology by Delarue was published in English translation as The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales in 1956. [4]
He had distinguished service in the First World War, and had received the legion of honor. During World War II, he was ranked Chef de bataillon ( major), fighting battles in Saarland and Ardennes, taken prisoner in 1940, and liberated in 1941. [1]
Paul Delarue headed the folklore committee at the Ligue de l'enseignement (1946-1953) and subsequently at the Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires. [1] He was also vice-president of the Société d'Ethnographie Française from 1952, [1] and sat on the directing committee at thea Fédération Folklorique d'Île-de-France.
His son Georges Delarue (born 1926) has continued along his footsteps, publishing Chansons populaires du Nivernais et du Morvan (7 volumes).
- Recueil de chants populaires du Nivernais, 1934-1947 (with Achille Milien).
- La « Promesse » de Jean-Pierre et de la Yeyette, 1936
- Écoliers, chantez nos chansons folkloriques, 1938
- L'Amour des trois oranges et autres contes folkloriques des Provinces de France, 1947
- La Bête de la forêt, 1947
- Vieux métiers du Nivernais. Les fendeurs, 1949
- Le Conte populaire français : Catalogue raisonné des versions de France et des pays de langue française d'outre-mer : Canada, Louisiane, îlots français des États-Unis, Antilles Françaises, Haiti, Île Maurice, La Réunion, with Marie-Louise Ténèze, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1957
- Le Conte populaire français, with Marie-Louise Ténèze, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1993 (nouv. éd.) ISBN 978-2706806230
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Taylor (1957), pp. 262–263
- ^ a b c d La Société d'ethnographie française et le Musée national des arts et traditions populaires (1956). "Paul Delarue (1889-1956)". Arts et Traditions Populaires. 4 (3). Presses Universitaires de France: 193–194. JSTOR 41002530.
- ^ Alford, Violet (1966). "(Review) Le Conte populaire français, tome II by Paul Delarue, Marie-Louise Tenèze, G. P. Maisonneuve". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 66 (4): 756–757. JSTOR 40522930.
- ^ Alford, Violet (1957). "(Review) The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales by Paul Delarue". Folklore. 68 (2): 373. doi: 10.1080/0015587X.1957.9717598. JSTOR 1258634.
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Paul Alfred Delarue, born 20 April 1889 in Saint-Didier, Nièvre, died 25 July 1956 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, was a French folklorist. [1]
A world-renowned specialist in the field of folklore, [2] his crowning achievement was his Le Conte populaire français, a catalog of folktales found in France and French-speaking areas, structured and modeled on the Aarne-Thompson classification system. [2] [1] The first volume appeared in 1957, a few months after his death. The project, expected to run to several volumes, was continued by Marie-Louise Tenèze. [3]
After dabbling in his interest into local flora (Étude sur la Flore nivernaise, published 1930), he dedicated himself to transcribing and index-carding collected folktales in the manuscripts left by Achille Millien, the Nivernais folklorist. [2] Between 1933 and 1936 he launched his own field study with the inhabitants of Nièvre, while teaching at Saint-Léger-des-Vignes, then Montsauche and Vauzelles,[ citation needed] then moving to the Paris area. He was director of the school in Ivry-sur-Seine, 1939–1946. [1]
His articles showed interest in the origins of the mother goose tales of Charles Perrault, and the relationship between oral and written literature. [2]
An anthology by Delarue was published in English translation as The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales in 1956. [4]
He had distinguished service in the First World War, and had received the legion of honor. During World War II, he was ranked Chef de bataillon ( major), fighting battles in Saarland and Ardennes, taken prisoner in 1940, and liberated in 1941. [1]
Paul Delarue headed the folklore committee at the Ligue de l'enseignement (1946-1953) and subsequently at the Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires. [1] He was also vice-president of the Société d'Ethnographie Française from 1952, [1] and sat on the directing committee at thea Fédération Folklorique d'Île-de-France.
His son Georges Delarue (born 1926) has continued along his footsteps, publishing Chansons populaires du Nivernais et du Morvan (7 volumes).
- Recueil de chants populaires du Nivernais, 1934-1947 (with Achille Milien).
- La « Promesse » de Jean-Pierre et de la Yeyette, 1936
- Écoliers, chantez nos chansons folkloriques, 1938
- L'Amour des trois oranges et autres contes folkloriques des Provinces de France, 1947
- La Bête de la forêt, 1947
- Vieux métiers du Nivernais. Les fendeurs, 1949
- Le Conte populaire français : Catalogue raisonné des versions de France et des pays de langue française d'outre-mer : Canada, Louisiane, îlots français des États-Unis, Antilles Françaises, Haiti, Île Maurice, La Réunion, with Marie-Louise Ténèze, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1957
- Le Conte populaire français, with Marie-Louise Ténèze, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1993 (nouv. éd.) ISBN 978-2706806230
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Taylor (1957), pp. 262–263
- ^ a b c d La Société d'ethnographie française et le Musée national des arts et traditions populaires (1956). "Paul Delarue (1889-1956)". Arts et Traditions Populaires. 4 (3). Presses Universitaires de France: 193–194. JSTOR 41002530.
- ^ Alford, Violet (1966). "(Review) Le Conte populaire français, tome II by Paul Delarue, Marie-Louise Tenèze, G. P. Maisonneuve". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 66 (4): 756–757. JSTOR 40522930.
- ^ Alford, Violet (1957). "(Review) The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales by Paul Delarue". Folklore. 68 (2): 373. doi: 10.1080/0015587X.1957.9717598. JSTOR 1258634.
- Bibliography
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