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Breton novelists Mich Beyer and Yann-Fulup Dupuy, with translator Hervé Latimier, 2008

Breton literature may refer to literature in the Breton language (Brezhoneg) or the broader literary tradition of Brittany in the three other main languages of the area, namely, Latin, Gallo and French – all of which have had strong mutual linguistic and cultural influences.

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Breton literature

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Breton literature may refer to literature in the Breton language (Brezhoneg) or the broader literary tradition of Brittany in the three other main languages...

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Breton language

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tradition of Breton literature. Some philosophical and scientific terms in Modern Breton come from Old Breton. The recognized stages of the Breton language...

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Brittany

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Brittany (/ˈbrɪtəni/, French: Bretagne, French: [bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh, Breton: [bʁɛjs], or Breton: [bʁɛx]; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, locally [bəʁtaɛɲ])...

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Celtic literature

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modern context literature in the English language by writers of Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scottish or Breton extraction. Literature in Scots and Ulster...

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Medieval literature

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Anglo-Norman literature Classical Arabic literature Medieval Armenian literature Medieval Bosnian literature Old Breton literature Byzantine literature Medieval...

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Literature by country

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list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group. Sometimes these literatures will be called national literatures because...

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Breton lai

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A Breton lai, also known as a narrative lay or simply a lay, is a form of medieval French and English romance literature. Lais are short (typically 600–1000...

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Regional literature of France

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in Occitan (1830–1914), was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904. Breton literature since the 1920s has been lively, despite the falling number...

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Postcolonial literature

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Writing Breton literature Catalan literature Colonial cinema Caribbean literature Caribbean poetry Native American literature Francophone literature Māori...

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Vikings in Brittany

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continued into 1015 when the Breton town of Guerande was destroyed. History of Brittany Breton literature List of Breton historians Incon de Nantes [1]...

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Surrealism

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attitude and disdain for established artistic tradition. Later Breton wrote, "In literature, I was successively taken with Rimbaud, with Jarry, with Apollinaire...

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Outline of literature

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literature Åland literature French literature - also Francophone literature Breton literature Occitan literature Georgian literature Abkhaz literature Chechen...

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15th century in literature

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Lagadec (ed.) – Catholicon, the first French dictionary (trilingual with Breton and Latin; compiled in 1464) Undated Krittibas Ojha (translator, died 1461)...

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Matter of Britain

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Matter of Britain (French: matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and...

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The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun

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Itroun are Breton words for "lord" and "lady". The poem is modelled on the genre of the "Breton lay" popular in Middle English literature of the 12th...

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Breton Americans

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Breton Americans are Americans of Breton descent from Brittany. An estimated 100,000 Bretons emigrated from Brittany to the United States between 1880...

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Breton Ballads

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Breton Ballads is an academic monograph by Mary-Ann Constantine, published in 1996. The book includes examples of the Breton ballad known as the gwerz...

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French literature

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French literature (French: littérature française) generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France;...

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Celtic Revival

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Its publication encouraged the creation of original literature in all genres, and proposed Breton translations of internationally recognized foreign works...

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Postmodern literature

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Breton, the founder of Surrealism, suggested that automatism and the description of dreams should play a greater role in the creation of literature....

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Richard Breton

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Richard Breton (1524 - 1571) was a French publisher of illustrated books in collaboration with François Desprez. Breton, the son of Guillaume Le Breton, was...

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Gwennole Le Menn

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he compiled a bibliography of Breton literature printed before 1700. La femme au sein d'or. Des chants populaires Bretons… aux légendes celtiques ; Saint-Brieuc...

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Cornish literature

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the Breton library Preder edited it in modern scripture under the name of Passyon agan arluth. The longest single surviving work of Cornish literature is...

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Buhez Sante Barba

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Buhez Sante Barba ("The Life of Saint Barbara") is a mystery play in Middle Breton verse on the life and miracles of the martyr Saint Barbara, daughter of...

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Lais of Marie de France

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become the genre known as the Breton lais. Despite her stature in Anglo-Norman literature and medieval French literature generally, little is known of...

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