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	French Literature - Renaissance Literature
		In Italy the Renaissance had already begun, but in France it was only at the beginning of the 16th century that its influence began taking hold.
		French writers of the period began to replace theological themes typical of medieval times with themes focusing on humanism, in which life and learning is centred more on man than on God.
		The French Renaissance reached its peak in the mid-16th century, a time during which prominent poets and writers included La Pléiade, Joachim Du Bellay and Pierre de Ronsard.
	www.sprachcaffe.com /english/study_abroad/countries/france/french_literature_renaissance.htm (251 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: French Renaissance
		French Renaissance is a recent term used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in France from the late 15th century to the early 17th century.
		The French Renaissance traditionally extends from (roughly) the French invasion of Italy in 1494 during the reign of Charles VIII until the death of Henry IV in 1610.
		French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of Henri IV of France to the throne.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/French-Renaissance (5072 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of French language poets
		French literature of the 18th century spans the period from the death of Louis XIV of France, through the RÃ©gence (during the minority of Louis XV) and the reigns of Louis XV of France and Louis XVI of France to the start of the French Revolution.
		French literature of the twentieth century is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French from (roughly) 1895 to 1990.
		French poetry French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-French-language-poets (932 words)

	French Literature - Search View - MSN Encarta
		French literature is considered one of the richest and most varied national literatures, noted especially for its examination of human society and the individual’s place within society.
		French armies returning from Italy brought a knowledge of the Italian Renaissance, of the taste and luxurious living of the Italian nobility, and of the new values of humanism.
		This period was marked by conflict between the French king and the pope; the prohibition of the Jansenist sect at Port Royal; the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, resulting in renewed persecution of Protestants; and the increased suffering of the lower classes.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761552714__1/French_Literature.html (10233 words)

	French Renaissance literature Information
		The reigns of François I (from 1515 to 1547) and his son Henri II (from 1547 to 1559) are generally considered the apex of the French Renaissance.
		The history of literature of the Renaissance is not monolithic: the royal court, the universities, the general public, the "noblesse de robe", the provincial noble, and the humanist all encountered different influences and developed different tastes.
		Alongside the chivalric, French literary tastes of the period were drawn to the amorous and pathetic, especially as depicted in the novels of Spaniards Diego de San Pedro and Juan de Flores, themselves inspired by Boccaccio's Lady Fiammeta and its psychologically insightful portrayal of a woman spurned.
	www.bookrags.com /French_Renaissance_literature (3749 words)

	WebMuseum: La Renaissance
		The term Renaissance, adopted from the French equivalent of the Italian word rinascita, meaning literally "rebirth," describes the radical and comprehensive changes that took place in European culture during the 15th and 16th centuries, bringing about the demise of the Middle Ages and embodying for the first time the values of the modern world.
		The term Renaissance, describing the period of European history from the early 14th to the late 16th century, is derived from the French word for rebirth, and originally referred to the revival of the values and artistic styles of classical antiquity during that period, especially in Italy.
		The later Renaissance was marked by a growth of bureaucracy, an increase in state authority in the areas of justice and taxation, and the creation of larger regional states.
	www.ibiblio.org /wm/paint/glo/renaissance (1448 words)

	Yale University Library: French Language & Literature - Selected Reference Materials
		An introductory section on "Généralités" is followed by chapters on the various eras of French literature from the Middle Ages to the present, and on French literature outside France.
		The French literature section in Volume 2 is subdivided by period and then by specific genres and authors.
		French VI Bibliography: Critical and Biographical References for the Study of Nineteenth-Century French Literature.
	www.library.yale.edu /Internet/frenchbib.html (10120 words)

	Foreign Languages and Literatures Courses : 2006-07 Graduate Catalog : University of North Texas
		French readings and related grammar designed to prepare graduate students for reading examination and to acquaint them with the language as a research tool.
		Study and analysis of the epistolary novel in French literature, from its humble beginnings in the late 17th century to its heyday in the 18th century.
		History and morphological study of the French detective genre, from its origins (Voltaire) and beginnings of the detective novel in the 19th century (Gaboriau) to the development of classical (Leblanc, Leroux, Simenon) and postmodern forms (Nouveau Roman, Modiano), including an overview of the recent renewal of the genre in the wake of Manchette’s “Néo-polar”.
	www.unt.edu /catalog/grad/flangc.htm (1640 words)

	French Renaissance literature information - Search.com
		In this respect, the French poets Clément Marot and Mellin de Saint-Gelais are transitional figures: they are credited with some of the first sonnets in French, but their poems continue to employ many of the traditional forms.
		The French Renaissance is dominated by the short story (under various names: "conte", a tale; "nouvelle", a short story like the Italian novella; "devis" and "propos", a spoken discussion; "histoire", a story).
		The French reading public was also fascinated by the dark tragic novellas (“les histories tragiques”) of Bandello which were avidly adapted and emulated into the beginning of the seventeenth century (Jacques Yver, Vérité Habanc, Bénigne Poissenot, François de Rosset, Jean-Pierre Camus).
	www.search.com /reference/French_Renaissance_literature (3776 words)

	Department of French, Simon Fraser University
		This course will be conducted in French; the object is to acquire a reading facility and a critical appreciation of modern French literature.
		Medieval French Literature with special emphasis on a genre, on an author, or on a region.
		A study of French Renaissance works and literary genres in their historical and cultural contexts.
	www.sfu.ca /french/courses/french_literature.html (251 words)

	French Renaissance literature . Enpsychlopedia
		The first of these, Amadis of Gaul — in its celebrated French translation/adaptation by Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts — became the de facto code of conduct of the French court from François I through Henri IV and was emulated in jousts and in manners.
		In the 1540s, the French university setting (and especially — from 1553 on — the Jesuit colleges) became host to a Neo-Latin theater (in Latin) written by professors such as George Buchanan and Marc Antoine Muret which would leave a profound mark on the members of La Pléiade.
		By the end of the century, the most influential French playwright — by the range of his styles and by his mastery of the new forms — would be Robert Garnier.
	enpsychlopedia.org /psypsych/French_Renaissance_literature (3783 words)

	Between Rome and France: exile and displacement in French Renaissance Poetry and Prose
		The aim of the course is to study, by means of selected French sixteenth-century texts, the relations between French humanist writing, geographical displacement between France and Italy, and the concept of exile in its various aspects (literal, metaphorical, or fictional).
		In the literary culture of French humanist France the twin patriotic notions of translatio imperii (transfer of Empire to France) and translatio studii (transfer of humanist study to France) are inextricably linked.
		French authors such as Du Bellay and Montaigne, the ruins of Rome are not so much a concrete reality, as a powerful symbol of the vanity of all human endeavour, including that of humanist restoration of the cultural heritage of Rome in either Italy or France.
	www.rdg.ac.uk /french/fr407.htm (1843 words)

	Renaissance Women Writers - French Texts/American Contexts - Anne R. Larsen and Colette H. Winn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Renaissance Women Writers is the first book entirely devoted to the study of French women writers of the early modern period.
		The twelve essays, reflecting current trends in Renaissance scholarship in the United States, analyze the formation of women's literary identity by exploring the works of eight of the most frequently read women writers of this period.
		The essays are grouped into three sections that highlight major characteristics of the works of French Renaissance women.
	wsupress.wayne.edu /literature/littheory/larsenrww.htm (275 words)

	French Composition \| French Fiction \| French Legend \| French Classics \| French Literature History \| French Romance
		Literature was born in the Middle Ages when the epic stories were first recorded in manuscript form.
		French is a language that shares its roots with Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.
		Founded in 1635 by Cardinal de Richelieu, one of the greatest prime ministers in French history, the Academie is made up of forty members called "immortals." They are chosen for life from the country's leading writers, scientists, lawyers, and military leaders.
	www.franceattraction.com /french-literature-language.html (586 words)

	USC Catalogue: The Schools: USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences: French and Italian: Undergraduate Degrees
		The B.A. in French with Honors is available to students who have an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted for major credit.
		Undergraduate students must have completed one semester of upper division French with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in French and overall.
		A placement test is required of all students resuming French after high school courses in French.
	www.usc.edu /dept/publications/cat2006/schools/college/french_italian/undergraduate.html (411 words)

	French: 2005-06 Course Offerings in French
		A 300-level course in World Literature would correspond to a 400-level course in the French department in its degree of difficulty and expectations.
		French 315 is required for a French minor and can be counted for the French major.
		Topics discussed include French youth, the condition of women, immigration and racism, the economy and work, Paris, the provinces and the DOM-TOM, Francophone countries, education and politics.
	www.whitman.edu /french/courses.html (1271 words)

	Notre Dame Department of Romance Languages and Literatures: French Faculty: JoAnn DellaNeva
		Professor DellaNeva is a specialist in Renaissance Literature, with a particular interest in Renaissance love poetry, Franco-Italian literary relations in the Renaissance, women writers of the Renaissance, the theory and practice of literary imitation, and the phenomenon of European Petrarchism.
		She is currently completing a study and edition on Italian Neo-Latin treatises on imitation and is engaged in a long-term project on the imitation of minor Italian poets in the poetry of the Pléiade.
		Professor DellaNeva was awarded the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference Literature Prize for her paper: "Du Bellay and 'quelques modernes Italiens': Variations in a Minor Key." This prize is for the best paper in literature (any language) given at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in October 2003.
	www.nd.edu /%7Eromlang/YESTRDAY/www/faculty/dellaneva.html (346 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages: Introduction
		Although written in the language called "Anglo-Saxon," the poem was claimed by Danish and German scholars as their earliest national epic before it came to be thought of as an "Old English" poem.
		Eight were originally in Old French, six in Latin, five in English, two in Old Saxon, two in Old Icelandic, and one each in Catalan, Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic.
		These were the "French books" that Malory, as his editor and printer William Caxton tells us, "abridged into English," and gave them the definitive form from which Arthurian literature has survived in poetry, prose, art, and film into modern times.
	www.wwnorton.com /nael/middleages/welcome.htm (1213 words)

	French literature - French language - school of French
		As seen in the burlesques stories of his two giants Gargantua and Pantagruel, he tended towards philosophical renewal and the elevation of man, all in keeping with the idealist movement of the era.
		The century that gave birth to the American and French revolutions remains the symbol of intellectual rebirth, both philosophical and political.
		Albert Camus (1913-1960) Among the geniuses of French literature, Camus the philosophical writer is noted for humanism that is exacerbated.
	souffle.asso.fr /eng/great-literature.htm (855 words)

	Faculty
		Barry Lydgate is professor of French and teaches a seminar on Renaissance literature and culture (French 301, Books and Voices in Renaissance France) as well as courses on post-Liberation Paris, confession and autobiography, and beginning French language and culture.
		He is a member of the Classical Studies department, where he teaches courses in ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture, in the ancient languages and in English translation.
		The Renaissance poets Tasso, Ariosto, and Camoens are major figures in this long-running story, and he is interested in including one or more of these authors in future iterations of the course.
	www.wellesley.edu /MedRen/faculty.html (1134 words)

	Department of French and Italian
		The French Renaissance Mind:Studies Presented to W. Moore.
		"Mercury at the Crossroads in Renaissance Emblems." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 48 (1985) 222-29.
		French Farce, 1450-1570," Keynote Speech, University of Tennessee Medieval Festival, 1977.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /french_ital/faculty/bowen/cv (2226 words)

	Department of French - Trinity College Dublin
		Linguistics; Second language acquisition; Sociolinguistics of French, especially attitudes towards regional languages and varieties in France, and language variation.
		Johnnie Gratton of the Dept of French: grattonj@tcd.ie.
		On March 23 2007 a group of doctoral students in the Department of French organised a postgraduate conference on the theme of dislocation, with the support Cultural and Scientific Service of the French Embassy in Ireland.
	www.tcd.ie /French/pages/research.php (441 words)

	Buy.com - The Literature of the French Renaissance : Arthur A. Tilley : ISBN 9780766190115
		Tilley's essay is written from the perspective that the French Renaissance Literary movement presents more a record of a great national literary shift than of individual men of letters.
		He believes that the literature of a nation is more or less an index to its moral and intellectual state, more so in times of great stress and fermentation, which was occurring during the French Renaissance.
		Contents: The Character of the Renaissance in France; The Antecedents of the Renaissance in France; and The Beginnings of the Renaissance in France.
	www.buy.com /prod/the-literature-of-the-french-renaissance/q/loc/106/36377847.html (326 words)

	Modern Languages: French Division Faculty Reinier Leushuis
		Reinier Leushuis (M.A. Utrecht University 1993, Ph.D. Princeton University 2000) specializes in early modern dialogue, the literary treatment of marriage and friendship, the cultural connections between France and Italy, and the continuation and transformation of medieval genres in the French Renaissance.
		Irène Iakounina (French) was accepted in the PhD program at Yale University, where she continued exploring the French Renaissance with Professor Edwin Duval.
		FRW 4420 Medieval and Renaissance Literature: Love and Friendship in the Literature of the French Middle Ages and Renaissance
	www.fsu.edu /~modlang/divisions/french/leushuis.html (434 words)

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