French literature

French literature is literature written by French authors or literature written in the French language.

Table of contents

1 Fine examples include 2 Literary criticism 3 Poetry 4 See also:

Fine examples include

• The writings of Michel de Montaigne, "inventor" of the essay form.
• The Fables of La Fontaine.
• The Red And The Black by Stendhal.
• Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais.
• Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac.
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
• Germinal by Emile Zola.
• Stephane Mallarme
• André Malraux
• Denis Diderot
• Jean Racine
• Pierre Loti

Literary criticism

• Roland Barthes
• Jacques Derrida
• Jean-Francois Lyotard / Jean-François Lyotard
• Julia Kristeva
• Jacques Lacan

Poetry

• Parnassian

See also:

List of French language poets, List of French language authors