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What is art? What is literature? What resemblances and differences it-to-tee-he among literature and other arts? Which relation is there between literature and society? How reflect the socials concepts and events in literature?
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The Middle Ages. Before the V. century . The period between Vst and Xst centuries . The formation of the kingdom. The formation of feudalism and the formation of French.Crusades. Epic literature. The end of Crusades and its results.
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The « chansons de Gestes » Features of the « chansons de Gestes »
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Courteous literature. Courteous romances.Bourgeois literature. “ Fabliaux" Roman de Renard.
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.Didactic literature. « Le roman de la rose"
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Religious theater : miracles and mysteries. Comic theatre
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Exam and evaluation
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16. Century: Court history of the 16st century. Inherit of Middle- Ages. Contribution of Italy
The movements of renaissance, reform and humanism.
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Poetry : Clément Marot; Joachim du Bellay, Ronsard
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Movement humanistic: Rabelais and Montaigne
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XVIIst century:Court history of the XVIIst century. Louis XIV and triumph of absolutism. Relation between the absolutism of XIV Louis and the classicism. Richelieu, “The French Academy” and attack of French language.
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Classicism. Baroque style Préciosité ( extreme delicacy current )
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The quarrel of Oldest and Moderns. Theatre (Tragedy): Corneille and Racine.
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Theatre (Comedy) : Molière. Poetry : La Fontaine Boileau : Poetic Art
Philosophy: Descartes and Rationalism. Pascal and humain weekless.
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