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词条 Panache
释义

  1. Cyrano de Bergerac

  2. Current use

  3. Notes

  4. References

  5. External links

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Panache ({{IPA-fr|panaʃ}}) is a word of French origin that carries the connotation of flamboyant manner and reckless courage.

The literal translation is a plume, such as is worn on a hat or a helmet; the reference is to King Henry IV of France (13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), a pleasure-loving and cynical military leader, famed for wearing a striking white plume in his helmet and for his war cry: "Follow my white plume!" (French: "Ralliez-vous à mon panache blanc!").

Cyrano de Bergerac

The epitome of panache and the reason for its establishment as a virtue are found in Rostand's depiction of Cyrano de Bergerac, in his play of that name.

(Prior to Rostand, panache was not necessarily a good thing and was seen by some as a suspect quality).

Panache is referred to explicitly at two points in the play but is implicit throughout: Cyrano's challenges to Montfleury, Valvert, and, at one point, the whole audience at the theatre (Act I), and his nonchalant surrender of a month's salary to pay for the damages; his duel with a hundred footpads at the Porte de Nesle (Act II), as well as his dismissal of the exploit when talking to Roxane ("I've been much braver since then"); his crossing the Spanish lines daily to deliver Roxane's letters (Act IV); and his leaving his deathbed to keep his appointment with her in Act V.

The explicit references bring in the double entendre: first, in Act IV, when sparring with de Guiche over the loss of de Guiche's white sash, he says: "I hardly think King Henry would have doffed his white panache in any danger." A second instance is in Cyrano's last words, which were: "yet there is something still that will always be mine, and when I go to God's presence, there I will doff it and sweep the heavenly pavement with a gesture: something I'll take unstained out of this world... my panache."

Current use

In Quebec, the word panache may also refer to antlers, such as those of a moose or deer.[1] The Panache River is a tributary of the east bank of the Wetetnagami River flowing into Senneterre in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.

In Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel, the main character's ubiquitous perfume is called 'L'air de Panache'.

Notes

1. ^{{Cite web|last=Bergerud|first=A.T|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/fr/orignal|title=Original|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|accessdate=August 19, 2012}}

References

  • Cyrano de Bergerac (Penguin translation by Carol Clark) {{ISBN|978-0-14-044968-6}}

External links

  • {{Wiktionary-inline|panache}}
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