FREN 311 Survey French Literature & CivilizationCivilization to 1700
Introduction to the outstanding literary figuresand works of French civilization from the MiddleAges to 1700, beginning with the birth of Frenchliterature (La Chanson de Roland, Le Roman de laRose, the religious theater), and continuingthrough the Pleiade, Rabelais, Montaigne, andDescartes.