Français / French – Literature*
*Full Revision Notes*
*1. Key Texts to Study*
- *Gargantua* by François Rabelais
- *Genre*: Renaissance satirical novel
- *Themes*: Humanism, education, mockery of medieval scholasticism, the body and
excess, critique of power
- *Style*: Satire, wordplay, lists, grotesque realism, Latin and French mix
- *Le Malade imaginaire* by Molière
- *Genre*: Comédie-ballet, 17th-century theater
- *Themes*: Hypochondria, medical quackery, arranged marriage, reason vs. superstition,
social satire
- *Style*: Farce, comic exaggeration, use of verse and prose, stock characters
- *Aucun de nous ne reviendra* by Charlotte Delbo
- *Genre*: Holocaust memoir / testimonial literature
- *Themes*: Memory, trauma, survival, humanity in extremity, collective vs. individual
experience
- *Style*: Fragmented narrative, repetition, stark imagery, poetic prose
*Full Revision Notes*
*1. Key Texts to Study*
- *Gargantua* by François Rabelais
- *Genre*: Renaissance satirical novel
- *Themes*: Humanism, education, mockery of medieval scholasticism, the body and
excess, critique of power
- *Style*: Satire, wordplay, lists, grotesque realism, Latin and French mix
- *Le Malade imaginaire* by Molière
- *Genre*: Comédie-ballet, 17th-century theater
- *Themes*: Hypochondria, medical quackery, arranged marriage, reason vs. superstition,
social satire
- *Style*: Farce, comic exaggeration, use of verse and prose, stock characters
- *Aucun de nous ne reviendra* by Charlotte Delbo
- *Genre*: Holocaust memoir / testimonial literature
- *Themes*: Memory, trauma, survival, humanity in extremity, collective vs. individual
experience
- *Style*: Fragmented narrative, repetition, stark imagery, poetic prose
