L'idee de l'Europe
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Nicol, Eric
issued: 2012-03-20T18:38:12Z
issued: 1948
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: In this year of 1948 we see for the first time the economic and political union of several nations of Western Europe. Doubtless they have united in the face of a common danger: communism; but many men of good will hope that this union inspired by fear will survive that fear and become the germ of a true world society. One of these nations, France, has already contributed freely to this idea, the idea of a united Europe. Many of her most eminent contemporary writers have dedicated a considerable portion of the work, a great deal of their thought, to this problem. These French intellectuals of the 1920's and 1930's proposed a variety of ways of accomplishing this vital synthesis, all of their discussions reflecting the new and keen awareness that European civilization has suddenly become extremely mortal. A surprising number of French writers not only realized, well before Munich, that the League of Nations was a house of cards, but sought the catalyst that would permit the nations of Europe, at once the glory and the curse of the world, to fuse otherwise than in the furnace of war. It is the purpose of this thesis to note the views of this subject of several brilliant minds, especially those of Valery, Benda, Larbaud, Durtain and Giraudoux. The examination will be necessarily superficial, but, it is hoped, complete enough to indicate the diversity of opinion and, more important, the unanimity of a very lively concern.
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note: CO/3 • I L'IDEE DE L 1 EUROPE by Eric Patrick Nicol A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of French « tiffin The University of British Columbia April, 1948 ABSTRACT In this year of 1948 we see for the f i r s t time the economic and p o l i t i c a l union of several nations of Western Europe. Doubtless they have united in the face of a common danger: communism; but many men of good w i l l hope that this union inspired by fear w i l l survive that fear and become the germ of a true world society. One of these nations, France, has already contributed freely to this idea, the idea of a united Europe. Many of her most eminent contemporary writers have dedicated a considerable portion of the^work, a great deal of their thought, to this problem. These French intellectuals of the 1920's and 193Q's proposed a variety of ways of accomplishing this v i t a l synthesis, a l l of their discussions reflecting the new and keen awareness that European c i v i l i z a t i o n has suddenly become extremely mortal. A surprising number of French writers not only realized, well before Munich, that the League of Nations was a house of cards, but sought the catalyst that would permit the nations of Europe, at once the glory and the curse of the world, to fuse otherwise than in the furnace of war. It i s the purpose of this thesis to note the views ofi this subject of several b r i l l i a n t minds, especially those of Valery, Benda, Larbaud, Durtain and Giraudoux. The examination w i l l be necessarily superficial, but, i t is hoped, complete enough to indicate the diversity of opinion and, more important, the unanimity of a very l i v e l y concern. L'IDEE DE L'EUROPE L'IDEE DE L'EUROPE INTRODUCTION II n'y a rien de nouveau dans l'lde'e de 1'Europe au sens politique. Bien des fois, depuis Charlemagne A N jusqu'a Hitler, des hommes reverent d'unifier les nations de ce "petit cap", par force ou par f o i . Ces re…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
spatial: Europe
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0106709
language: fre
degree discipline: French
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41574