In contact with German social conditions, this French literature lost all its immediate practical significance, and assumed a purely literary aspect.
The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature. They wrote their philosophical nonsense beneath the French original.
He had a considerable reputation in England as a critic and was the accredited exponent in this country of modern
French literature. He had lived a good deal in France among the men who made the Mercure de France the liveliest review of the day, and by the simple process of expressing in English their point of view he had acquired in England a reputation for originality.
The pioneer in South Sea romance- -for the mechanical descriptions of earlier voyagers are not worthy of comparison--this book has as yet met with no superior, even in
French literature; nor has it met with a rival in any other language than the French.
Charles Darnay was established in England as a higher teacher of the French language who was conversant with
French literature. In this age, he would have been a Professor; in that age, he was a Tutor.
I am afraid I have often smiled with hypocritical assent, and gratified them with an epigram on the fleeting nature of our illusions, which any one moderately acquainted with
French literature can command at a moment's notice.
Lemon's, read little
French literature later than Racine, and public prints had not cast their present magnificent illumination over the scandals of life.
They talked together on Swinburne and Rossetti, after which she led him beyond his depth into the by- paths of
French literature. His revenge came when she defended Maeterlinck and he brought into action the carefully-thought-out thesis of "The Shame of the Sun."
Written by French playwright Moliere, "The school for Wives" was considered to be one of the finest achievements in
French literature.
It also aligns with our commitment at the French Minor program to provide our students with practical learning and to apply theoretical concepts outside the classroom," said Alrabadi "The French Minor program offers a variety of language skill courses, in addition to an introduction to
French literature and civilization.
May Menassa was born in Beirut in 1939 and holds a postgraduate diploma in
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Here scholars of
French literature propose a systematic confrontation of these two writing practices, and analyzes their similarities and differences.