Yann ar Floc'h (25 February 1881 – 2 July 1936),[1] pseudonym of Jean Le Page,[2] was a Breton folklorist. He collected the oral traditions of the Aulne region in the department of Finistère and published them in Breton periodicals. He was one of the few folklorists of that time to publish this kind of material in the Breton language. These texts were posthumously published in the collection Koñchennou eus Bro ar Ster Aon ("Folk-tales from the Aulne river country").[3]
Yann ar Floc'h | |
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 Detail from the cover of Yann ar Floc'h's Koñchennou eus Bro ar Ster Aon (1950) | |
| Born | Jean Le Page February 25, 1881 Pleyben, Finistère, France |
| Died | July 2, 1936 (aged 55) Pleyben, Finistère, France |
| Pen name | Yann ar Floc'h |
| Occupation | Folklorist |
| Language | Breton |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable works | Koñchennou eus Bro ar Ster Aon |
Publication
editBetween 1904 and 1911 he published the various Breton language tales which form the collection Koñchennou eus Bro ar Ster Aon ("Folk-tales from the Aulne river country") in periodicals,[4] particularly Kroaz ar Vretoned and Ar Vro. Notably, Yann ar Floc'h collected in 1905 the longest known oral version of the history of King Mark,[5] a version that is of great interest in the study of this character;[6] it blends the legend of Ys, with the premise that Marc was condemned by Gradlon's daughter Ahès (or Dahut).[7] These tales form "the original narration of folk traditions"[4] and are representative of the renewal of popular Breton literature in prose at the beginning of the 20th century.[8] In 1950 the folktales published in the periodicals were gathered together by Yeun ar Gow and published by Le Dault.[9]
Editions
edit- Koñchennoù eus Bro ar Stêr Aon. Kemper: Le Dault. 1950.
- Koñchennou euz bro ar ster Aon. Kemper: Emgleo Breiz. 2002. ISBN 9782913860049.
References
edit- ^ ar Floc'h, Yann (1950). Koñchennou eus Bro ar Ster Aon (in Breton). Kemper: Le Dault. pp. 7, 9. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Favereau 2001, pp. 196–197.
- ^ Minard, Antone (2012). "Folk-tales and legends, Breton". In Koch, John T.; Minard, Antone (eds.). The Celts: History, Life, and Culture. Volume 1: A–H. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 350. ISBN 9781598849646. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b Cormerais 1957, p. 520.
- ^ Le Scouëzec, Gwenc'hlan (1998). Arthur, Roi Des Bretons D'Armorique (in French). npp: Le Manoir du Tertre. p. 589. ISBN 9782913478008. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Carrer, Philippe (1986). Oedipe en Bretagne: essai d'ethnopsychiatrie. Domaines de la psychiatrie, 13 (in French). Toulouse: Privat. p. 96. ISBN 9782708978133. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Milin, Gaël (1991). Le roi Marc aux oreilles de cheval (in French). Genève: Librairie Droz. pp. 245–252. ISBN 9782600028868. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Abalain, Hervé (2000). Histoire de la langue bretonne. Les universels Gisserot, 10 (in French). Paris: Jean-Paul Gisserot. p. 110. ISBN 9782877475235. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Favereau 2001, p. 196.
Sources
edit- Cormerais, Jean (1957). "Review of Koñchennou eus Bro ar Ster Aon". Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest (in French). 64: 520. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- Favereau, Francis (2001). Anthologie de la littérature de langue bretonne au XXe siècle: Partie 1900–1918 (in French). Morlaix: Skol Vreizh. ISBN 2911447573. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
External links
editKoñchennoù eus Bro ar Ster Aon at Breton Wikisource