Former Prime Minister Lucien Bouchard thinks that holding a weekend of activities as part of the centenary of the death of Marcel Proust, this fall, in Quebec, will serve the cause of French.
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“A symposium on literature is of more topical interest and necessity than ever. This is perhaps the best way to promote the French language. We know that there are major problems right now about the future of French speakers in Quebec, the statistics are not good and I am among those who are worried,” said, during a press conference. , Sunday, this great lover and connoisseur of the famous writer.
Mr. Bouchard will take part in the event Proust foundNovember 12 and 13, an idea from lawyer Marc Bellemare.
Host Stéphan Bureau, actress Sylvie Moreau, director Robert Lepage, playwright Michel Tremblay and Les Violons du Roy will also take part in this Proustian weekend, which will take place at the Palais Montcalm and the Pavillon Lassonde.
Can we make Proust attractive to young people? “I don’t think it will become a common name in the playgrounds”, replies Lucien Bouchard, “but we must as much as possible make it known that if we want to live fully our belonging to civilization and to the French language, in Quebec , one of the best ways is to hang out with authors like Marcel Proust. »
One author for all
“I wouldn’t be surprised to know that among our best rappers or slammers, there are some who are interested in Proust’s prose because I imagine that it would be material to be integrated into a long digression”, adds Stéphan Desk.
We must get rid of the idea, they believe, that this work is too demanding for part of the population.
“You shouldn’t be intimidated,” says Sylvie Moreau, who said her humble origins didn’t stop her from enjoying reading the author ofIn Search of Lost Time.
“I read this work at the age of 23, me, a young girl who arrived at university after having been brought up on rue Dorion by a father who was a welding professor and a mother at home, and I understood it. I gave myself up to it. It is accessible because it appeals to our sensitivity. »
For all the details of the event Proust foundMeet at www.palaismontcalm.ca.