'Old Occitan Literature'

marine02 | 18:04 Wed 07th Apr 2004 | Arts & Literature

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Can anyone explain what this is; I did an internet search but no helpful results.

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sddsddean

According to my dictionary, Occitan is the language of the Provencal area of France. So presumably its literature that was written there a while ago.

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Thanks sddsddean

maxi29

Occitan is related to Catalan and is still widely spoken today. It's produced one Nobel prizewinner, Frederic Mistral, who won the prize in 1904 and wrote in the Provencal dialect of Occitan. The most famous proponents of old Occitan were the troubadours of the middle ages. The poems and songs of these itinerent performers had a profound effect on literature throughout Europe.

steptoe

If you download Copernic Agent Basic (free) and search The Web, you will find several answers. Hope this helps. Steptoe

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