Studies in Sixteenth-century French Literature. The young, expanding, and finally, fully ripened French Renaissance, with representative works in poetry, prose, philosophy, and limited theatre. Study of important new forms, such as the autobiography, and analysis of literary repercussions brought on by the Reformation. Studies in Seventeenth-century French Literature. Following a preparatory period, the political stability of the French monarchy ushers in the golden age of classicism.
Representative works from comic and dramatic theater, philosophy, poetry, and the evolving novel.
Studies in Eighteenth-century French Literature. Studies in Nineteenth-century French Literature. Studies in Twentieth-century French Literature. A history of French Cinema. Topics in French.