Project Gutenberg 2024-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 117 Benjamin, René 1885 1948 Benjamin, Rene La farce de la Sorbonne $aParis :$bArthème Fayard, $c1921. Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "La Farce de la Sorbonne" by René Benjamin is a satirical examination of academic life written in the early 20th century. The work critiques the state of French higher education, particularly through the lens of the Sorbonne, showcasing a variety of professors and their eccentricities. The book utilizes humor and absurdity to highlight the shortcomings of the educational system and its practitioners. The opening portion introduces the author’s early experiences at the Sorbonne, revealing his youthful impressions of the university and the characters inhabiting it, particularly the professors he encounters. It is depicted as a mix of awe and disillusionment, as he observes the pretentiousness of his peers and the rigid, often ridiculous teaching methods of the professors. Through anecdotes of exams and classroom interactions, Benjamin sets the stage for a broader critique of the institution, hinting at the farcical nature of its operation while planting seeds for a deeper exploration of intellectual pretension and the absurdity of educational pomp. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3348486s 20240130121019benjamin 1921 FR Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Université de Paris LF Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: French Literature 169804 2025-07-29T04:40:11.184126 text/html 144898 2024-02-25T16:57:48 text/html 281568 2025-07-29T04:40:15.363090 application/epub+zip 280389 2025-07-29T04:40:12.282128 application/epub+zip 165255 2025-07-29T04:40:11.834126 application/epub+zip 548566 2025-07-29T04:40:17.785084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533008 2025-07-29T04:40:14.989095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147629 2025-07-29T04:40:10.843096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127824 2024-02-25T16:57:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16016 2025-07-29T04:40:17.925057 application/rdf+xml 14761 2025-07-29T04:40:12.013159 image/jpeg 2581 2025-07-29T04:40:11.921093 image/jpeg 236591 2025-07-29T04:40:11.203088 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia