The 17th Century

Question 1

Which century experienced great political instability

Answer 1

17th

Question 2

Who took the throne after the assassination of Henry 4

Answer 2

His wife Marie de Medici

Question 3

Who was known as the sun king that made France the most powerful country

Answer 3

Louis XIV

Question 4

What were the 3 currents of 17th century

Answer 4

Classicism, preciosity, baroque

Question 5

Baroque: from barroco in Portugese- what does it mean

Answer 5

Irregular pearl

Question 6

Where did baroque come from

Answer 6

Italy

Question 7

What is baroque aesthetic based on

Answer 7

Movement,illusion, metamorphoses

Question 8

In literature what is emblematic of baroque

Answer 8

Tragics of Agrippa d’Aubigné

Question 9

What happens in the Tragics , a baroque work

Answer 9

A tragic and fatalistic vision of life and death.

Question 10

How do we know something is a Baroque work

Answer 10

Ornate style where figures of speech dominate, notably metaphor

Question 11

What is the Burlesque dimension of Baroque inspired by

Answer 11

Don Quixote by Cervantes

Question 12

In which works can we find the Burlesque dimension of Baroque

Answer 12

Corneilles first plays ( The Comedy of illusion, Mélite ) , Paul Scarrons ( The Roman Comedy,Charles Sorrel( The Comical History of Francion)

Question 13

Which persons baroque poetry turns to nature to express sensitivity and love ? As opposed to whose ?

Answer 13

Poetry of Tristan l’Hermite ( The loves of Tristan) and Théophile de Viau. As opposed to rigorous poetry of Malherbe

Question 14

Where does preciosity flourish

Answer 14

In the salons of the bourgeois ( eg hotel of Marquess of Rambouillet)

Question 15

What was Preciosity in reaction to

Answer 15

Crudeness in expressing morals

Question 16

How were the women of the Preciosity movement

Answer 16

Claimed independence, freedom in love, defended decency

Question 17

Who wrote L’ Astree

Answer 17

Honore D’ Urie

Question 18

Name works of Mademoiselle de Scudéry who represented Preciosity

Answer 18

Cyrus the great, Clélie with map of Tendre

Question 19

Princess of cleves by Madame de la Fayette oscillates between

Answer 19

Classical rigor and Preciosity

Question 20

The 17th century represents the golden age of

Answer 20

Theatre

Question 21

Who were the masters of tragedy and name their works

Answer 21

Corneille( Horace, Cinna)- Racine( Andromaque, Phèdre )

Question 22

What are the 3 unities,symbols of classical rigour

Answer 22

Unity of time, place action

Question 23

What do the Cornelian heroes do

Answer 23

Overcome conflicts with greatness and virtue

Question 24

What do the Racinian heroes do

Answer 24

Tragic heroes for whom death is the only solution often

Question 25

The master of comedy, Molière drew inspiration from?

Answer 25

Latin comics( Plautus), Italian Commedia dell'arte, tradition of farce to stage social facts

Question 26

Name some farcical theatre

Answer 26

The school of women, the affected ladies( mocking preciosity), the miser

Question 27

What is the aim of theatre

Answer 27

Educate and entertain morally

Question 28

Name some moralist writings

Answer 28

Fables, correspondence, maxim

Question 29

What do La Fonatines fables do

Answer 29

Uses animals to illustrate the failings of his time

Question 30

What do Perraults fables do

Answer 30

Taken from oral tradition and offer several levels of reading

Question 31

Name a work under correspondence and what is it about

Answer 31

Letters of Madame de sévigné describe society of her time and mores of the court

Question 32

La Rochefoucauld ( Maxims) points out faults of the human being while La Bruyère( The Characters) consicely paints archetypical moral portraits. What is this genre

Answer 32

Maxims

Question 33

Descartes ' Discourse on method" is based on

Answer 33

An approach based on reason

Question 34

It is thought which assures man of his existence. Name a quote

Answer 34

Cogito ergo sum- I think therefore I am

Question 35

What is the philosophy of Pascal( mathematician, philosopher) ( Provincial letters, The thoughts ) ?

Answer 35

Grace is given by God therefore the problem of human freedom arises

Question 36

What happens to end of 17th century

Answer 36

Libertinism, a scholarly movement arises advocating freedom of thought which opened way to atheism.

Question 37

Observation of the rules, a reflection of reason, also affects the French language. Give example

Answer 37

In( Remarks on the French language) the grammarian Vaugelas of the French Academy imposes as a reference the language spoken in court: these are now in good use.

Question 38

Name some works and people who participated in the development of rules of French to bring it to perfection.

Answer 38

( The Poetic Art) Boileau ( Dictionaries) Richelet De Furetière L'Academie

Question 39

What is Classicism based on

Answer 39

Rigor,reason, respect for ancient texts