SUMMARY - Persian Letters by Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu
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Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G
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By reading this summary, you will learn that exposure to foreign cultures is an opportunity to expand your mind.
You will also learn :
- that otherness is a source of wonder, amusement, and education for the characters in the novel;
- that the foreign gaze of the Persians highlights the shortcomings of the French;
- that the protagonists criticize certain faults that they themselves possess without being aware of them;
- that your opinions are conditioned by your culture and that travel encourages you to question them.
Published in 1721, Montesquieu's Persian Letters is a novel that relates the fictional correspondence of two Persians traveling in Paris. In their letters, Rica and Usbek relate to their friends their observations on French manners and customs. These surprise them and are the object of their criticisms because they are far from the oriental traditions. They also proved to be a source of learning, reflection and questioning of their opinions. What discoveries does the trip expose you to?
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