Les Principes et l’Abrégé de Restaut dans l’histoire de l’enseignement du français aux étrangers au XVIIIe siècle

Abstract

This work examines the influence of Pierre Restaut's grammatical works, the Principes généraux et raisonnés de la grammaire françoise, par Demandes et Réponses (1730) and the Abrégé des principes de la grammaire françoise (1732a), in the history of French language teaching abroad in the 18th century. These grammars were intended in principle for French speakers wishing to master their language through the rules. They also served as a propaedeutic to learning Latin, but their success was not confined to the French territory. Indeed, in the second half of the 18th century, there were numerous examples of collection and translation of these two works. They were also published in many countries such as: Italy, Germany, Russia, Poland, England and Spain. After a presentation of the author and his grammars, this work offers a panorama and an analysis of those of his continuators.