Influence of French Culture

Introduction

France, specifically Paris, the capital, have been considered, and today they still are in many respects, one of the origins of European culture since the Middle Ages contributed by the Papacy, to subsidize and promote the arts and letters to subsequently develop the architecture, social behavior, language, dress-so-fashionable now call cuisine, wine, literature, painting, sculpture and even film; which, incidentally, began as a pilot and, later, become a markedly intellectual film. French culture has therefore influenced the cultural development of certain countries, such as the United States and Canada, and, of course, Spain and Canary Islands in particular, to constitute it one of the most important binding between the various continents and, likewise, have a strategic value from a commercial point of view, for France.

Discussion

In the Canary Islands, French culture has influenced positively, from Jean de Bethencourt, the first conqueror of the islands, until the period of the Enlightenment, where much of our bourgeoisie was to form in France "in search of lost time" to develop, later, a certain social styles and ended up influencing some aspects of the arts in general but especially those cultural movements that formed the surrealism and more purely avant-garde currents of the time, which swept Europe like a breath of fresh air and refreshing.

There are many references in culture and history of the Canary Islands and the contact step, through the centuries, the French presence in our islands, starting from someplace like the famous "French Coast" or "Barranco of the French "in La Palma, but there are other references, both geographical and ethnographic in the other islands (Collins Cobuild English Dictionary). However, the most important reviews are found in the ethnography of the Canary Islands, for not in vain, Sabino Berthelot, one of France's most important naturalists of his day, held in our land deeper analysis is known about the nature of the Canary Islands. Sabino Berthelot was a French naturalist (Marseille 1794 - S / C de Tenerife 1880) whose contributions, from an anthropological point of view, geographical, natural and ethnographic, are enormous. It was he who, by the British P. Sweep Webb, wrote the "Natural History of the Canary Islands." Subsequently conducted a comprehensive catalog of the Canary Islands from an anthropological point of view, and made one of the best known physiological studies on the Guanche race.

With over 400 French schools abroad, more than 1000 French alliances spread worldwide and an extensive cultural and scientific, France plays an important role in the field of diplomatic influence. What is its scope? What are the current priorities? What are the means and methods of operation? Recent reforms will they fundamentally change the game in this area? On all these subjects, the author meets and makes an inventory of cultural activity outside of France, its instruments and its most recent developments.

Sabino Berthelot, who also was director of the Botanical Garden of La Orotava, was appointed consul for the French government providing an important work and a valuable witness at that time (Farrell ...