FR 4113 - Survey of French Literature I: From the Middle Ages to the Revolution (3) F or SP

This course is an introduction to central works in medieval and early modern French literature. Through close study of plays, poems, chronicles, and novels, students will explore French stylistics, literary movements, and literature’s relationship to a larger intellectual and social framework, and will develop language skills for literary analysis through class discussion, writing, and presentations. Authors / works studied may include the images at Lascaux, Christine de Pisan, Rabelais, Montaigne, Corneille, Descartes, and Voltaire.

Prerequisite: FR 2124
Satisfies the general education humanities literature requirement.