THE FRENCH CULTURE.
FRENCH METAPHOR:
The French
wine is recognized as one of the best, if it is not the best, of the world,
therefore it plays a very important role in the French economy, traditions and
even attitudes.
The French wine
industry with over 5.000 varieties, represent also the diversity of the French citizens,
as they are very particular but at the same time all of them share a culture
that unifies the people and institutions.
Even though
France has been the leader in sales of wine worldwide, governmental regulations
have seriously harmed the wine industry, due to the fragmentation of the
industry through the lack of support to the small companies and the Confusing
and large number of categories that make the classification and the marketing
positioning very hard.
Moreover
the metaphor of the wine represents the French culture due to their
perfectionism and the diversity implied in taste, thoughts and values.
WHICH CHARACTERISTICS ARE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE METAPHOR?
1) Pureness: Every single step in the
process of the production of wine is highly determining in some of its most
important characteristics, such as the smell, the taste and the aroma. That is
why they are very perfectionist and try to make the process a piece of art,
considering that even 12 hours can affect all these process. Wine means for the
French pride, patience, modesty, hospitality and perfection. This is very
important because this is also how French see their country, perception that is
also shared with the Americans, as both see their countries in a romantic view
that displays perfection both in people and in the land. But also having the position of Guardians of
the Universal Values, as they perceive the French culture as the cradle of the
freedom values.
2) CLASSIFICATION: They love to classify,
we can not only perceive it with the over 5.000 varieties of wine, but also in
the French society where we can see the comparison between the wine categories
and the social status.
3) COMPOSITION: France represents
history, present and future, even though some authors assure that they are polychromic,
some others affirm that they are monochromic, same happens with the discussion
if they are a high or a low context culture, but what is really true is the
fact that they are very hard workers and they love to be recognized as leaders,
even though if what they are leading is a small part of a company.Moreover they
are very good conversation partners, as they see it as a process that requires
all their attention and intellectuality. The conversation should be a perfect
situation when both parts share their points of view, so as a conclusion they see
it as a very important source of knowledge and therefore a possible source of
money, as we saw it in the example of the cab driver in class.
4) SUITABILITY:
“Certain wines marry certain foods”
The most meaningful moments in the French life are surround by food and
wine, and as everything in France, this marry should also be perfect, so they
spend hours matching the right combination of food with the exactly wine for
the occasion. Same happens with the government, for instance, from 1872 to 1940
France had 102 different governments, while the US in the same period of time
had only 14. This clearly show us how different is the hunger for the political
participation. They are also proud of their 6 different political parties, as
they see the abundant choices as the devotion to the individual freedom. Thus
the politics are equal to passion.
5) MATURATION:
Viticulturists strike for discipline, so does with their educational
system. The children are sent to school at the age of 6, however it is not as
the common educational system, for instance in Japan the kids are promoted automatically
every year while in France the kids can only been promoted only when they accomplish
certain skills required by the government. This educational system has made the
French citizens very competitive at the point that if we compare them with the
OCDE members, they occupy a favorable position.
RESEARCH
QUESTION.
Mention
some of the most important French characters.
HISTORIC CHARACTERS:
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| Juana de Arco (1412-1431) |
- Juana de Arco (1412-1431)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
- Louis Philippe (1773-1850)
- Maréchal Foch (1851-1929)
- Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
- Marechal Leclerc (1902-1947)
- MOST FAMOUS CIENTIFIC CHARACTERS:
- Descartes (1596-1650)
- Nicéphore Niepce (1765-1833)
- Jean-François Champollion (1970-1832)
- Louis Braile (1809-1852)
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
- Clément Ader (1841-1925)
- Pierre et Marie Curie (1859-1906 and 1867 -1934)
- Louis and his brother Auguste Lumiére (1864-1948 and 1862-1954)
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| Napoleón Bonaparte (1769-1821) |
FAMOUS
FRENCH WRITERS
- Francois Rabelais (1483/1494 – 1553)
- Jean de la Fontaine (1621 – 1695)
- Montesquieu (1689-1755)
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
- Stendhal (1783-1842)
- Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)
- Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
- George Sand (1804-1876)
- Jules Verne (1828-1905)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)
- Emile Zola (1840-1902)
- Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
- Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)
- Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
- Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
- Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974)
- Jacques Prévert (1900-1977)
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| Montesquieu (1689-1755) |
HISTORICHAL
FRENCH PAINTERS.
- Ingres (1780-1867)
- Eugéne Delacroix (1798-1863)
- Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
- Claude Monet (1840-1926)
- Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
- Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
- Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
- Berlioz (1803-1869)
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Ravel (1875-1937)
As a conlcusion of the most important characters of France in the history, we can see how many characters they have, thus becoming defenitely in one of the most important cultures in the world. Without doubt, they have contributed to the world history.
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