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French literature is literature written in the French language; and especially, literature written in French by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written in other languages of France. ...
French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
| | Historical Periods | | Medieval
16th Century - 17th Century
18th Century -19th Century
20th Century - Contemporary The French Renaissance is commonly held to have begun in the 16th century during the reign of Francis I, although it had been well-established prior to the beginning of his reign. ...
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...
| | Francophone | | Francophone literature
Literature of Quebec
Postcolonial literature
Haitian literature
Francophone literature is literature written in the French language. ...
This is an article about Literature in Quebec, a province of Canada. ...
Postcolonial literature is a branch of literature concerned with the political and cultural independence of peoples formerly subjugated in colonial empires. ...
| | Writers | | Writers - Novelists
Playwrights - Poets
Essayists
Short Story Writers | | Forms | | Novel - Poetry - Plays
French poetry is a category of French literature. ...
| | Genres | | Science Fiction - Comics
Essay - Detective Fiction
French science fiction is a substantial genre within French literature. ...
Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics or comic books written in Belgium and France. ...
An essay is a short work that treats of a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ...
| | Movements | | Naturalism - Symbolism
Surrealism - Existentialism
Nouveau Roman
Theater of the Absurd Naturalism is an outgrowth of Realism, a prominent literary movement in late 19th century France and elsewhere. ...
Surrealism is a philosophy, a cultural and artistic movement, and a term used to describe unexpected juxtapositions. ...
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that views the individual, the self, the individuals experience, and the uniqueness therein as the basis for understanding the nature of human existence. ...
Nouveau roman refers to certain 1950s French novels that diverged from classical literary genres. ...
The Theatre of the Absurd is a phrase used in reference to particular plays written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, as well as to the style of theatre which has evolved from their work. ...
| | Criticism & Awards | | Literary theory - Critics
Literary Prizes Literary theory is the theory (or the philosophy) of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism. ...
| | Most visited | | Molière - Racine - Balzac
Stendhal - Flaubert
Emile Zola - Marcel Proust
Samuel Beckett - Albert Camus
Molière, engraved frontispiece to his Works Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire. ...
Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 - April 21, 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the big three of 17th century France (along with Molière and Corneille). ...
Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a French novelist. ...
Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), better known as Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. ...
Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880), French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists, known especially for his first published novel Madame Bovary, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for le mot juste (the...
mile Zola (April 2, 1840 - September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ...
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Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. ...
Albert Camus Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher and one of the principal luminaries (with Jean-Paul Sartre) of existentialism. ...
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See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page. Contemporary French literature affords the spectacle of many talented writers whose average of excellence is high, but of whom few are outstanding above the others. Fiction, drama, poetry, and criticism are all cultivated; no form is neglected. Without attempting to appraise present reputations or to forecast future trends, we may safely say of such a literature that it shows every sign of continued vitality and growth.
However, since 1998 and the publishing of "Atomised" ("Les particules élémentaires") by Michel Houellebecq, some young authors have declared themselves close to this writer. It can be said that he has thus jumped to the head of a literary school, despite himself. Nancy Huston, in her latest essay, criticises Houellebecq of possessing the nihilism of the 50's and the 60's ( Beckett, Cioran), and makes an ascerbic censure of his novels in her work "[[The professors of despair||" ("Professeurs de désespoir"}. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Les Particules Élémentaires (The Elementary Particles) is a cynical novel by the French author Michel Houellebecq, published in France in 1998. ...
Michel Houellebecq (born 26 February 1958, on the French island of Réunion) is a controversial, award-winning French novelist. ...
Nancy Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian-born author who writes primarily in French. ...
Gods death or nonexistence is a quintessential nihilistic concern. ...
Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. ...
Other contemporary writers during the last decade have consciously used the process of faction in order to renew the romantic genre (Christine Angot for example. Faction (Fr. "autofiction") is a term invented by Serge Dubrovsky in 1977. It is a new sort of romanticised autobiography that ressembles the writing of the romatnics of the Nineteenth century. A few other authors can be regrouped as vaguely belonging to this group (Alice Ferney, Annie Ernaux, Olivia Rosenthal, Anne Wiazemsky). A faction is a group of people connected by a shared belief or opinion within a larger group. ...
A faction is a group of people connected by a shared belief or opinion within a larger group. ...
1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Anne Wiazemsky (born 14 May 1947), French actress, appeared in Robert Bressons Au hasard Balthazar and later in Godards La Chinoise. ...
Overall, French literature written at the end of the Twentieth Century is disengaged from politics and focuses on the intimate and the anecdotal. It tends not to see itself any longer as a vector of criticism and of world transformation, with some notable exceptions, such as Houellebecq or Maurice Dantec. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...
Michel Houellebecq (born 26 February 1958, on the French island of Réunion) is a controversial, award-winning French novelist. ...
Maurice Georges Dantec (born 1959) is a French science fiction author. ...
The intense mediatisation of certain authors is a problems which tends to trouble judgement on literary merit. However, time is necessary to be able to discern the characteristics of literature at a given time. We are still too close to the end of the Twentieth Century to be able to emit objective judgements on the subject of its literature. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...
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