LITTERATURE FRANCAISE (LES ORIGINES, LE MOYEN AGE, LA RENAISSANCE)

Brief introduction to Greek tragedy, its themes, principles and the works of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides,

Arrival of Christianity; the Crusades;

Socio-political & cultural condition of France in the Middle Ages; the major ‘cycles’ of poetic and prose works

The major ‘cycles’ of poetic and prose works (contn,) Study of excerpts from “Chanson de Roland”

Villon

Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance” Ronsard and La Pleiade;

Study of complete text of the poem “La ballade des pendus”(Villon)

Study of complete texts of 2 of the poems : “France, mere des arts..”, “Heureux qui comme Ulysse..”(Du Bellay), “A Cassandre” and “Il faut laisser maisons..” (Ronsard)

Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance” Excerpts from “Gargantua” (Rabelais)_

Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance” Study of two essays by Montaigne