My Father’s Glory by Marcel Pagnol (Book Analysis)
My Father’s Glory by Marcel Pagnol (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of My Father’s Glory by Marcel Pagnol. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including education, childhood and family. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 31-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Marcel Pagnol
- Presentation of My Father’s Glory
- Summary of My Father’s Glory
- Character study
- Marcel
- Joseph
- Augustine
- Jules
- Analysis of My Father’s Glory
- Orality and writing
- A regional novel
- An educational story
- The innocent violence of children
- Pagnol, a child of the Third Republic
- An autobiographical novel at the turn of the 20th century
About My Father’s Glory
My Father’s Glory is the first instalment in Marcel Pagnol’s Souvenirs d’enfance (“Childhood Memories”), a series of autobiographical novels which paint a nostalgic picture of the author’s childhood in the French countryside. My Father’s Glory is set in Provence, where the author spent some of the happiest periods of his childhood, and provides poetic, charming descriptions of his adventures with his family.
My Father’s Glory has also been made into a film, which was directed by Yves Robert and released in 1990.
About Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Pagnol was born in Provence in 1895. After initially following in his father’s footsteps to embark on a career as a teacher, he turned his hand to writing, and enjoyed great success as a playwright and later as a film director, becoming the first film director to be elected to the Académie française in 1938. He made his literary debut in 1957 with the joint publication of My Father’s Glory and My Father’s Glory, the first two volumes in his acclaimed autobiographical Souvenirs d’enfance (“Childhood Memories”) series. He died in Paris in 1974.
Product details
ISBN | 9782806295446 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 31 |
File size | 1.2 MB |