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Learning project summary

• Suggested Prerequisites:
  • Français I
  • Français II
• Portal: Humanities
• Schools: Language and Literature, Center for Foreign Language Learning
• Department: French
• Stream: French stream
• Level: fr-2 to fr-n

Content summary

This course will utilize a number of texts from the French-language Wikisource, as well as from various other French Literature sites on the web.

Goals

In this course we will learn about the great authors and works of the Age of Enlightenment in France: Montesquieu, Diderot, Marivaux, Voltaire, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Sade, Chénier, Prévost, Laclos, and other literary figures will be debated. We will also touch upon a few orators: Danton, Mirabeau, St. Just, Robespierre and others.

Learning materials

Once you have joined the Littérature des Lumières Discussion Group, please consult the Liens page from within the group site. This page has links to every text which can be classified as "fair game" for this course.

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