An unexpected DVD find at the National Library - a French cartoon with French and Taiwanese Mandarin audios and subtitles ...
Seems interesting - they mixed very different artistic styles of early 20th century comics (Bécassine) with the drawing styles of later period (most of other characters).
Snowylad got scared at some of the scenes involving "bad guys" chasing after Bécassine.
Am wondering if I will have time to listen to the Taiwanese audio dubbing while reading French subtitles (or vice versa) ... just to expose to a bit more French ...
I don't know very well Bécassine though I like the drawing. The Bretons generally do not like that much the way they are considered through this character. My grand mother could have been one of these Bécassine discovering 'the world' when going to Paris for her first job as a maid for some parisian bourgeoisie.
ReplyDeleteIf you need some help to learn french, pls don't hesitate to ask me ! :-)
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ReplyDeleteApologies, Liu, I forgot that the original strip was portraying Bretons as "simple country bumpkins" ... though in the cartoon, she was shown to be quite resourceful despite not being very street savvy or knowledgable.
BTW, did your grandmother really go to work as a maid in Paris?
Hi Snowy, no worries, I don't mind at all and I found the drawing quite nice !
ReplyDeleteYes, when she was 20, she travelled to Paris to work as a maid during several years. The money was sent to the rest of the family in Brittany and she was living in a 'maid room' in the house of the family she was working for. You know, it was the fate of many young breton girls in that period.
Then, she found another family in Rennes, the main city of Brittany, where she was a maid too. But not for a long time since she met my grand-father and they finally work together in a Café in the the middle of the city. Many years later, they could bought it and one of my uncle is now the owner of it.
Her first name was Rose and she had long long hair till the end of her life. ;-)
I grew up mostly in Singapore and we don't have as much inter-regional distinction/discrimination since the whole country is just a tiny island.
ReplyDeleteBut come to think of the other places I've been to, yes, such things do exist and made their way into literature and I suppose comics too.