Les Lumires de la jeunesse

Le sicle des Lumires constitue un moment important dans lmergence de la littrature pour la jeunesse en France. La production destine aux jeunes lecteurs rassemble alors non seulement des ouvrages initialement rdigs pour ce public, mais aussi des rcritures qui lui sont adresses. ditions adaptes, abrgs, imitations plus libres : ces rcritures sattachent des uvres fort diverses, des classiques de lAntiquit aux fictions modernes, en passant par les discours historique et scientifique. Elles forment un genre littraire qui se consolide au XVIIIe et au dbut du XIXesicle, en intgrant plusieurs questions qui sont au cur de la pense des Lumires, notamment en matire dducation. Le prsent ouvrage se propose dexplorer cette production peu tudie jusqu ce jour. Les contributions abordent les multiples facettes du genre, en sintressant aux rcritures des uvres de diffrents auteurs : Cicron, Plutarque, La Bruyre, Rousseau, Perrault, Villeneuve, Defoe, Cervants, Fielding, Newton, Raynal, Buffon. En se penchant sur les enjeux lis lapparition de la littrature pour le jeune public, elles jettent un regard original sur la culture crite des Lumires. --- The Age of Enlightenment was an important moment in the emergence of childrens literature in France. Literary output for young readers included not only original works, but also rewrites of existing texts to suit this particularly type of audience. Adapted editions, abridgements, texts based loosely on those from which they draw original inspiration: these rewritings are present across a diverse range of works, from the classics of antiquity to modern fiction, through historical and scientific discourse. They form a literary genre that was consolidated in the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-centuries and address various questions at the heart of Enlightenment thought, particularly in terms of education. The present collection takes an orignal look at the writing culture of the Enlightenment by exploring this neglected set of texts for younger audiences. Contributions address the many facets of the genre, focusing on the rewritings of works by different authors, including Cicron, Plutarque, La Bruyre, Rousseau, Perrault, Villeneuve, Defoe, Cervants, Fielding, Newton, Raynal, Buffon.