conteur
- noun
- /kɒnˈtɜːr/
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narrador
- As a renowned conteur, he was invited to tell stories at festivals around the country.
- Zola as a conteur
Examples
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The skilled conteur captivated the audience with her fascinating tales of adventure.
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She has a gift for storytelling and is considered a gifted conteur among her friends.
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"Zola conteur": An Overview of the Criticism
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Focusing on Zola as a conteur is no less surprising, since his short stories receive little critical attention, and most of that dates back to the 1960s and 1970s.
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Of more interest to us here is criticism that compares "Zola conteur" to other short story writers, in particular because these other authors tend to be "maîtres du fantastique," which leads right into the second part of this essay.
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The literary historical criticism of "Zola conteur," which takes the more precise form of treating the stories as precursors of the Rougon Macquart, falls into the trap of subjugating the stories to the novels, seeing them as a means to an end, worthy of analysis only, or at least primarily, because of their relationship to the works to which they led.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who tells a story in a book, play, or film
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2.3
A person who tells stories aloud to entertain people
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3.8
A person who shares stories aloud to entertain others
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8.6
A person who tells stories in a fun and interesting way
How Entertaining
Surface Forms
Etymology
Conteur comes from the French word conte, which means 'story'. So a conteur is a person who tells stories in a skillful, entertaining way, like an English 'storyteller'.