Beau présent¶
beau_present · letter · validated
A text written using only the letters contained in a dedicatee's name.
Provenance¶
- Source: Georges Perec and Jacques Roubaud, in Oulipo, Atlas de littérature potentielle (1981)
- Attribution:
primary— a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
author-stated— the originator set this rule down
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en, de, fr
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
- Also known as: beautiful present
- In other languages: Schönes Geschenk (de), Beau présent (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write a dedication using only the letters that appear in the dedicatee's name.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
name |
string | — |
The dedicatee's name, whose letters are the alphabet. |
require_all |
boolean | False |
Every name letter must appear. |
Examples¶
dedication-within-the-name¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
a calm camel came
Parameters: name='Marcel'
Source: constructed example; the form is Perec's, in Oulipo, Atlas (1981)
strays-outside-the-name¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
a zebra came
Parameters: name='Marcel'
Source: constructed counterexample
nur-die-namensbuchstaben¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Manns Seele
Parameters: name='Anselm'
Source: constructed example; the form is Perec's, in Oulipo, Atlas (1981)
ausserhalb-des-namens¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Manns Herz
Parameters: name='Anselm'
Source: constructed counterexample
seules-les-lettres-du-nom¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
calme mer, larme, merle
Parameters: name='Marcel'
Source: constructed example; the form is Perec's, in Oulipo, Atlas (1981)
hors-du-nom¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
calme mer, orage
Parameters: name='Marcel'
Source: constructed counterexample