Project Gutenberg 2024-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 109 Benjamin, René 1885 1948 Benjamin, Rene La farce de la Sorbonne $aParis :$bArthème Fayard, $c1921. Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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 fr Université de Paris LF Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Schools & Universities Browsing: Teaching & Education 169804 2025-02-27T18:01:20.735290 text/html 144898 2024-02-25T16:57:48 text/html 281572 2025-02-27T18:01:24.788319 application/epub+zip 280395 2025-02-27T18:01:21.702400 application/epub+zip 165259 2025-02-27T18:01:21.220318 application/epub+zip 548576 2025-02-27T18:01:27.337325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533008 2025-02-27T18:01:24.434309 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147629 2025-02-27T18:01:20.368356 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127824 2024-02-25T16:57:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16070 2025-02-27T18:01:27.475266 application/rdf+xml 14761 2025-02-27T18:01:21.412316 image/jpeg 2581 2025-02-27T18:01:21.313371 image/jpeg 236592 2025-02-27T18:01:20.753334 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia