Week - 1 |
Medieval French Literature from the 5th to 15th centuries: a general outlook |
Week - 2 |
Birth and development of the French language, Epic poems, The "romans courtois" |
Week - 3 |
The Fabliaux, Allegorical poetry, The lyricism of the fifteenth century and François Villon |
Week - 4 |
French Renaissance Literature: a general overview |
Week - 5 |
Rabelais as a Humanist and writer of the grotesque |
Week - 6 |
La Pléiade and Ronsard; Montaigne and the essay |
Week - 7 |
Reason and Classicism in the 17th Century: a general overview |
Week - 8 |
Great trio of classic dramatists: Corneille |
Week - 9 |
Great trio of classic dramatists: Racine |
Week - 10 |
Great trio of classic dramatists: Molière |
Week - 11 |
18th Century, Age of Enlightment: a general overview |
Week - 12 |
Voltaire |
Week - 13 |
Rousseau |
Week - 14 |
Beaumarchais |