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French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ...
| | French Literary History | | Medieval
16th Century - 17th Century
18th Century -19th Century
20th Century - Contemporary Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in Oïl languages (including Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. ...
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascention of Henri IV of France to the throne. ...
Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) French literature of the Seventeenth Century encompases the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (during which the civil war called the Fronde occurred...
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| | French Writers | | Chronological list
Writers by category
Novelists - Playwrights
Poets - Essayists
Short Story Writers Jump to: navigation, search Chronological list of French language authors (regardless of nationality), by date of birth. ...
| | France Portal | | Literature Portal | Colin Muset (flourished 1200), French trouvère, was poet, musician and a native of Lorraine, he made his living by travelling from castle to castle singing his own songs and playing the vielle. These are not confined to the praise of the conventional love that formed the usual topic of the trouvres, but contain many details of a singers life. Trouvère is the Northern French (langue doïl) version of troubador (langue doc), and refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadors but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France. ...
Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ...
Lorraine coat of arms Lorraine (French: Lorraine; German: Lothringen) is a historical area in present-day northeast France. ...
The vielle is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer body and five (rather than four) gut strings. ...
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