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Topic: French literature of the 17th century


  
  17th Century Theatre Database
Corneille, Thomas - A biography of the French dramatist.
Dufresny, Charles Riviere - A biography of the French dramatist.
Italian and Spanish Drama: 1600-1650 - A detailed analysis of the development of dramatic literature in Italy and Spain during the first half of the seventeenth century, with special attention paid to the work of Calderon.
www.theatredatabase.com /17th_century   (565 words)

  
 French Literature | France.com
Beginning in the 11th century, literature written in medieval French was one of the oldest vernacular (non-Latin) literatures in western Europe and it became a key source of literary themes in the Middle Ages across the continent.
Although the European prominence of French literature was eclipsed in part by vernacular literature in Italy in the 14th century, literature in France in the 16th century underwent a major creative evolution, and through the political and artistic programs of the Ancien Régime, French literature came to dominate European letters in the 17th century.
Literature in the regional languages continued through to the 18th century, although increasing eclipsed by the rise of the French language and influenced by the prevailing French literary model.
web.france.com /literature   (1291 words)

  
 17th century - Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music
Very little was known of hygiene in the 17th Century and this brought about the development of the four humours.
But the Dutch 17th Century has a lot of unknown masters, yet to be discovered by the public.
American as a Religious Refuge: the 17th Century (Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of Congress Exhibition).
infoow.info /?q=17th-century   (737 words)

  
 French Literature - Classicism - 17th Century Literature
This century was filled with many literary contributions and the high point, taking place in the later part of the century between 1660 and 1680, is referred to as the “Classical Moment” and was the time when some of the most important pieces of French literature were produced.
In the early 17th century, French literature coincided with the Baroque movement that was developing in the artistic scene.
In the mid-17th century, literary movement was centred in Paris and both readers and writers formed part of a tightly knit society very much involved with the royal courts, with the focal point being aristocracy and the upper social classes.
www.sprachcaffe.com /magyar/study_abroad/countries/france/french_literature_classicism.htm   (409 words)

  
  Creating French Culture (Library of Congress Exhibition)
Henry IV's conversion to Catholicism in 1594 inaugurated a new era and a new dynasty of French kings, the Bourbons.
The first French press was set up at the Sorbonne by two professors who recruited three printers from Germany to whom Louis XI (1461-1483) granted letters of naturalization in 1475.
As proof of the budding alliance between the French monarchy and the Ottoman sultans in the early sixteenth century, this letter was addressed by Suleyman (Suleiman) the Magnificent (1520-1566) to Francis I in 1536.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/bnf/bnf0004.html   (2697 words)

  
  French literature of the 17th century information - Search.com
French literature of the 17th century spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the reign of Louis XIV of France.
A great deal of 17th and 18th century poetry was "occasional", meaning that it was written to celebrate a particular event (a marriage, birth, military victory) or to solemnize a tragic occurrence (a death, militray defeat), and this kind of poetry was frequent with gentlemen in the service of a noble or the king.
The seventeenth century is the century of biographical "mémoires".
www.search.com /reference/French_literature_of_the_17th_century   (6460 words)

  
  French literature of the 17th century at AllExperts
French literature of the 17th century spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the reign of Louis XIV of France.
A great deal of 17th and 18th century poetry was "occasional", meaning that it was written to celebrate a particular event (a marriage, birth, military victory) or to solemnize a tragic occurrence (a death, militray defeat), and this kind of poetry was frequent with gentlemen in the service of a noble or the king.
The seventeenth century is the century of biographical "mémoires".
en.allexperts.com /e/f/fr/french_literature_of_the_17th_century.htm   (7035 words)

  
 French Courses
Articulatory phonetics as a means to form native French pronunciation habits with emphasis upon the difficulties encountered by speakers of American English.
Study of a particular topic in French literature, language, or culture.  Specific topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.  May be repeated with different topics for up to 12 units.
Prerequisites: FREN 335, 336, and 337 (Surveys of French Literature I, II, and III) or consent of instructor.
www.csulb.edu /~germanol/RGRLL/French/Courses.htm   (1418 words)

  
 GMU Catalog 98-99 - French Courses (FREN)
French literature through the centuries, with reading and analysis of representative texts of the major authors.
Principal literary trends in contemporary French literature; emphasis on evolution of the novel from Proust and Gide to Beckett and the "Nouveau Roman." May be taken toward fulfillment of the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.
French drama from Surrealism to the "Nouveau Theater." French poetry from Symbolism to contemporary poets.
www.gmu.edu /catalog/9899/fren.html   (1817 words)

  
 North American Society for 17th-Century French Literature
NEW SESSION (two actually) planned for the next meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Seventeenth-Century French Literature (NASSCFL), scheduled to be held May 2-5 2001 at Tempe, AZ.
Papers are invited on all aspects of philosophy in France during the long seventeenth century (c.
We would welcome papers dealing with works written by French authors, the reception of and commentary on Renaissance, Medieval and ancient philosophy during the seventeenth century (e.g.
www.fabula.org /actualites/article921.php   (623 words)

  
 17th century - Tanning in the 17th Century
Ian Chadwick's biography of Henry Hudson: maps, timeline and chronology of this 17th century Elizabethan explorer and adventurer.
By comparison, painting in Paris during the first decades of the 17th century was relatively insignificant, with the exception of that of Claude Vignon,
FRENCH AND ITALIAN PAINTING OF THE 17TH CENTURY.
leinfo.info /?q=17th-century   (502 words)

  
 C17th French Tragedy
The aim of this module is to facilitate the reading, and consequently the appreciation, of Cl7 French tragedy by setting representative plays in their contemporary context.
Four tragedies written in the first half of the century will be studied in the Autumn Term while another four from the second half of the century will be examined in the Spring Term, the chronological sequence enabling developments to be perceived more clearly.
A Historv of French Dramatic Literature in the 17th Century, 9 vols.
www.rdg.ac.uk /french/fr308.htm   (758 words)

  
 French (FREN) - Course Descriptions - University Catalog - George Mason University
Practice in discriminating French phonemes and allophones and in transcribing in phonetic symbols.
Study of the dramatic literature of the 17th century.
414 French Literature of the 17th Century: Prose and Poetry (3:3:0).
www.gmu.edu /catalog/0304/courses/fren.html   (1784 words)

  
 Major in French - Art, Grammar, History, Culture - Major Requirements - Hollins University
French literature courses emphasize, in a comprehensive approach, the relationship of literature to the historical, political, cultural, artistic, and philosophical events and trends of the respective centuries.
FREN 306: French Literature Of The Renaissance (4)
A native French graduate student resides in the house, aiding in conversation and facilitating use of French at mealtimes.
www.hollins.edu /undergrad/french/frcourse.htm   (469 words)

  
 FRENCH
Students with previous background in French or French 1001/1050 may be admitted to FREN 1201, 1201 with permission of the instructor.
Art of the French film from Louis Lumière to the present; its interrelations with French literature; screening and analyses of representative films.
French transformational generative syntax; modern semantic theory, with emphasis on generative semantics and its relationship to the syntactic component.
aaweb.lsu.edu /99cat/fren.htm   (1407 words)

  
 ARCHIVE: Spring 2001: FRE French Courses
Representative masterpieces and significant movements of French literature of the middle ages through the 18th century.
Political, intellectual, social, economic, and artistic development of France from its origins to the end of the 17th century.
FRE 471 The Literature of Francophone Africa and the Caribbean.
www.asu.edu /aad/catalogs/spring_2001/fre.html   (744 words)

  
 Department of French and Romance Philology - Graduate Course Descriptions 2003-2004
A one-semester survey of seventeenth-century French literature, with an emphasis on the relationship between literature and the major cultural, philosophical, and religious developments of the period.
Translate texts from the 11th to the 15th centuries, with focus on those of 12th and 13th centuries.
New trends in the second half of the 18th century; the emergence of the age of sensibility and individualism in literature and the arts.
www.columbia.edu /cu/french/graduate/grad_course_descriptions/2003-04.htm   (636 words)

  
 French faculty at UA
At the undergraduate level, she teaches courses in French studies, French phonetics and English-French translation, commercial French, French civilization, as well as courses in contemporary French and Francophone literature.
Her graduate courses include the 20th and 21st century French and Francophone novel, Critical Theory, Feminism, Myth and Literature, and Film and Literature.
Her interest in French Canadian literature resulted in a number of articles on Quebec feminist writers, such as Madeleine Monette, Francine D'Amour, France Théoret, and Monique LaRue.
www.bama.ua.edu /~mlc/french/faculty.html   (809 words)

  
 CMRS Courses Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: )
French & Italian 652: French Literature of the 17th Century
The literature of 17th-century France is often seen to glorify the self-assured political and social order represented by Louis XIV and Versailles.
This course explores 17th-century literature from another angle: we will instead explore the ways that authors called into doubt existing beliefs, values, social practices, and institutions.
cmrs.osu.edu /courses/courses.cfm?IDNUM=372   (209 words)

  
 Department of French ~ University of Virginia
Teaching Interests: 19th and 20th century social and cultural history; cultural studies; cinema and history; literature in social context.
Research and Teaching Interests: Sixteenth-century French literature, history of the book in early modern France, Internet and digital technology as tools for collaborative research and teaching in the Humanities.
Research: 18th Century literature, philosophy and cultural history; French-American mutual perceptions from the 18th to the 20th Century; the politics of poetics in the Western tradition.
www.virginia.edu /french/faculty   (489 words)

  
 Modern Languages: French Division Undergraduate Courses Fall 2003
Through readings about contemporary issues facing French society-such as the evolving role of women, unemployment, immigration, economic change in the new Europe and urban renewal-this course aims at developing oral communication skills in a broad cultural context.
Although this course may not be taken for major credit in French Literature, it does count toward the minor in French.
This course intends to provide an overview of French literary and visual culture from the beginning of the century up to World War II and the immediate postwar period.
www.fsu.edu /~modlang/divisions/french/fall_2003.html   (761 words)

  
 department of romance languages
Native speakers of French or students whose competence in the language already exceeds the scope of the course may not enroll in any lower-division course.
Prereq for 111: previous study of French or competence in another Romance language; prereq for 112: FR 111.
330 French Poetry (4) Poems from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, literary movements, introduction to textual analysis and modern critical approaches.
rl.uoregon.edu /french/courses.shtml   (767 words)

  
 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences - French and Italian
355 French Literature II (4) A formalistic approach to literary analysis focusing on texts representing the major genres of the modern period.
Required of candidates for the M.A. and Ph.D. 525 French Literature of the Middle Ages (4) Literary study of Old French texts of various genres; examination of origins and factors that contributed to their development.
550 French Literature of the 18th Century (4) Literature of the Enlightenment and its intellectual and cultural background; emphasis on Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, prose fiction, and theatre.
www.usc.edu /dept/publications/cat99/las/LAS_fren/coi.html   (1541 words)

  
 Kalamazoo College
Only two units, to be used toward the major in French, may be earned in a long term (6 months) or an extended term (9 months) program.
Students may bring back from Study Abroad two units in Francophone literature, language, or topics pertaining to the country/region; or just one unit if it is a short-term program.
Those who did not take French 301 before Study Abroad will normally take that course upon their return to campus, but shall consult with the department before doing so.
www.kzoo.edu /language/french/major.html   (249 words)

  
 Department of French and Italian
Canadian and Québec studies; literature and culture; radical literature and theory; language theory; immigration.
Interrelationship of literature and culture in 19th century France; French civilization.
18th and 19th century literature; literary criticism and theory; religion and literature.
www.vanderbilt.edu /french_ital/faculty   (325 words)

  
 Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
French across the Curriculum and in Everyday Life
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH I am proud to be a member.
French across the Curriculum & in Everyday Life
www.utm.edu /departments/french/french.html   (448 words)

  
 Catherine Spencer, Professor of French, Connecticut College
She has also served on several college committees such as FSCC, EPC and AAPC and is currently a member of the Film Studies Advisory Board.
The historical point of departure is the Puritans' and seventeenth-century French Moralistes' crusade against the stage; the early emphasis on the premodern gives Spencer an opportunity to examine the changing conceptions of the body and "sexuality" (as it was not yet called).
French literature and French Cinema, published in The Romanic Review, The French Review, XVIIe siècle and Cahiers du Dix-Septiéme.
www.conncoll.edu /academics/web_profiles/spencer.html   (379 words)

  
 UT French Courses
FREN - 4190 STUDY ABROAD [1-12 hours] Designed to permit and encourage the French major to pursue study in a country where French is spoken.
FREN - 4710 FRENCH LITERATURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY I [3 hours] Literary and intellectual trends from Romanticism to Symbolism.
A study of texts produced by women in the French language in various fields (for example, literary theory, film, literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis, semiotics, post-colonial theory).
www.forlang.utoledo.edu /CATALOG/CatFRN.html   (1771 words)

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