FREN 333 Survey of French Literature II

A study of selected works by selected French authors of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the 17th and 18th centuries. The main emphasis will be on writers of the 17th century. Authors to be studied through their works are Villon, Rabelais, Montaigne, Corneille, Racine, Moliere, Pascal, LaFontaine, Voltaire and Rousseau. To be conducted primarily in French.