Antoine Adan ( French Antoine Adam ; 1899 - 1980 ) - French literary historian, professor.
| Antoine Adan | |
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| Antoine adam | |
| Date of Birth | April 26, 1899 |
| Place of Birth | Lille , France |
| Date of death | 1980 |
| A country |  France |
| Scientific field | literary studies |
| Place of work | University of Lille Sorbonne |
| Alma mater | University of Lille |
| Academic degree | doctor |
| Academic rank | Professor |
He graduated from the University of Lille. In the period from 1935 to 1950 he worked there as a professor of French literature, where in 1936 he received the degree of Doctor of Literature [1] . Since 1954 - Professor of the Sorbonne , where he occupied the department of modern and contemporary French literature.
His work “ History of French Literature of the 17th Century ” ( French: Histoire de la littérature française au 17 siècle , t. 1-5, 1948-56) is recognized as one of the greatest achievements of French literary criticism of the XX century [2] . This work was directed against the narrow ideas of academic science about the artistic culture of the 17th century . Huge factual material is summarized here in the light of the patriotic and humanistic. concept. In the author’s research method, the influence of positivistic descriptiveness is combined with manifestations of deep historicism [2] .
Adan as a scientist was characterized by a wide range of scientific and artistic interests, covering various aspects of French literary and social thought of the 17th – 20th centuries, the severity of artistic analysis, and the versatility of research techniques [2] . His critical publications of the works of Charles de Montesquieu , Honore de Balzac , Charles Baudelaire , Arthur Rimbaud and others were famous. He spoke on the pages of periodicals " Les Lettres françaises "And" Europe ".