'Exception française': Splendeurs et misères of a formula

Bert Peeters*

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    Abstract

    Used at first with their original (definite) article, the phrases exception française and fin de l'exception française gained instant notoriety after the publication of Furet, Julliard and Rosanvallon's 1988 book La République du centre: La fin de l'exception française. Before too long, the shorter phrase, which (contrary to what is sometimes asserted) was already in existence, also started occurring without the article, with other determiners, and in the plural. This paper details some of the splendeurs et misères (including progressive trivialization) of both the longer and the shorter phrase, thought of as exponents of a single formula.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)291-308
    Number of pages18
    JournalJournal of French Language Studies
    Volume27
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2017

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