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Fr4 2018
Fr4 2018
Paper Fr.4
RETHINKING THE HUMAN: FRENCH LITERATURE, THOUGHT, AND
CULTURE, 1500-1700
SECTION A
Cultural Transformations
3 ‘Ethics is a matter of style in the early modern period, and vice versa.’
4 ‘To live by the pen was not a ready-made choice in early modernity: the
writer’s lot was a precarious one.’
5 ‘In the early modern period, religion provides effective remedies for
anxiety.’
7 ‘In early modern writing, the empirical world often seems to take on a
spectral, illusory status.’
SECTION B
10 ‘In the Discours des misères, Ronsard turns from love poetry to hate
poetry.’
Discuss.
Pascal: Pensées
(TURN OVER)
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SECTION C
(a)
LOUISE LABÉ
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(b)
RONSARD
(c)
MADAME DE LAFAYETTE
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