FRENCH LITERATURE.
INTRODUCTION.—1. French Literature and its Divisions.—2. The Language
PERIOD FIRST.—1. The Troubadours.—2. The Trouvères.—3. French
Literature in the Fifteenth Century.—4. The Mysteries and Moralities:
Charles of Orleans, Villon, Ville-Hardouin, Joinville, Froissart, Philippe
de Commines.
PERIOD SECOND.—1. The Renaissance and the Reformation: Marguerite de
Valois, Marot, Rabelais, Calvin, Montaigne, Charron, and others.—2. Light
Literature: Ronsard, Jodelle, Hardy, Malherbe, Scarron, Madame de
Rambouillet, and others.—3. The French Academy.—4. The Drama:
Corneille.—5. Philosophy: Descartes, Pascal; Port Royal.—6. The Rise of
the Golden Age of French Literature: Louis XIV.—7. Tragedy: Racine.—8.
Comedy: Molière.—9. Fables, Satires, Mock-Heroic, and other Poetry: La
Fontaine, Boileau.—10. Eloquence of the Pulpit and of the Bar:
Bourdaloue, Bossuet, Massillon, Fléchier, Le Maitre, D'Aguesseau, and
others.—11. Moral Philosophy: Rochefoucault, La Bruyère, Nicole.—12.
History and Memoirs: Mézeray, Fleury, Rollia, Brantôme, the Duke of Sully,
Cardinal de Retz.—13. Romance and Letter Writing: Fénelon, Madame de
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PERIOD THIRD.—1. The Dawn of Skepticism: Bayle, J. B. Rousseau,
Fontenelle, Lamotte.—2. Progress of Skepticism: Montesquieu, Voltaire.
—3. French Literature during the Revolution: D'Holbach, D'Alembert,
Diderot, J. J. Rousseau, Buffon, Beaumarchais, St. Pierre, and others.
—4. French Literature under the Empire: Madame de Staël, Chateaubriand,
Royer-Collard, Ronald, De Maistre.—5. French Literature from the Age of
the Restoration to the Present Time. History: Thierry, Sismondi, Thiers,
Mignet, Martin, Michelet, and others. Poetry and the Drama; Rise of the
Romantic School: Béranger, Lamartine, Victor Hugo, and others; Les
Parnassiens. Fiction: Hugo, Gautier, Dumas, Mérimée, Balzac, Sand,
Sandeau, and others. Criticism: Sainte-Beuve, Taine, and others.
Miscellaneous.
SPANISH LITERATURE.
INTRODUCTION.—1. Spanish Literature and its Divisions.—2. The Language.
PERIOD FIRST.—1. Early National Literature; the Poem of the Cid; Berceo,
Alfonso the Wise, Segura; Don Juan Manuel, the Archpriest of Hita, Santob,
Ayala.—2. Old Ballads.—3. The Chronicles.-4. Romances of Chivalry.—5.
The Drama.—6. Provençal Literature in Spain.—7. The Influence of Italian
Literature in Spain.—8. The Cancioneros and Prose Writing.—9. The
Inquisition.
PERIOD SECOND.—1. The Effect of Intolerance on Letters.—2. Influence of
Italy on Spanish Literature; Boscan, Garcilasso de la Vega, Diego de
Mendoza.—3. History; Cortez, Gomara, Oviedo, Las Casas.—4. The Drama,
Rueda, Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca.—5. Romances and Tales;
Cervantes, and other Writers of Fiction.—6. Historical Narrative Poems;
Ercilla.—7. Lyric Poetry; the Argensolas; Luis de Leon, Quevedo, Herrera,
Gongora, and others.—8. Satirical and other Poetry.—9. History and other
Prose Writing; Zurita, Mariana, Sandoval, and others.
PERIOD THIRD.—1. French Influence on the Literature of Spain.—2. The
Dawn of Spanish Literature in the Eighteenth Century; Feyjoo, Isla,
Moratin the elder, Yriarte, Melendez, Gonzalez, Quintana, Moratin the
younger.—3. Spanish Literature in the Nineteenth Century.