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The 17th Century Flashcards

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1
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Which century experienced great political instability

A

17th

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2
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Who took the throne after the assassination of Henry 4

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His wife Marie de Medici

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

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Louis XIV

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4
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What were the 3 currents of 17th century

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Classicism, preciosity, baroque

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Baroque: from barroco in Portugese- what does it mean

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Irregular pearl

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Where did baroque come from

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Italy

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What is baroque aesthetic based on

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Movement,illusion, metamorphoses

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In literature what is emblematic of baroque

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Tragics of Agrippa d’Aubigné

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What happens in the Tragics , a baroque work

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A tragic and fatalistic vision of life and death.

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How do we know something is a Baroque work

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Ornate style where figures of speech dominate, notably metaphor

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What is the Burlesque dimension of Baroque inspired by

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Don Quixote by Cervantes

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In which works can we find the Burlesque dimension of Baroque

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

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

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

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Where does preciosity flourish

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

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What was Preciosity in reaction to

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Crudeness in expressing morals

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How were the women of the Preciosity movement

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Claimed independence, freedom in love, defended decency

17
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Who wrote L’ Astree

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Honore D’ Urie

18
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Name works of Mademoiselle de Scudéry who represented Preciosity

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Cyrus the great, Clélie with map of Tendre

19
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Princess of cleves by Madame de la Fayette oscillates between

A

Classical rigor and Preciosity

20
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The 17th century represents the golden age of

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Theatre

21
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Who were the masters of tragedy and name their works

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

22
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What are the 3 unities,symbols of classical rigour

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Unity of time, place action

23
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What do the Cornelian heroes do

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Overcome conflicts with greatness and virtue

24
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What do the Racinian heroes do

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Tragic heroes for whom death is the only solution often

25
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The master of comedy, Molière drew inspiration from?

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

26
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Name some farcical theatre

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

27
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What is the aim of theatre

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Educate and entertain morally

28
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Name some moralist writings

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Fables, correspondence, maxim

29
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What do La Fonatines fables do

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Uses animals to illustrate the failings of his time

30
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What do Perraults fables do

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Taken from oral tradition and offer several levels of reading

31
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Name a work under correspondence and what is it about

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

32
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La Rochefoucauld ( Maxims) points out faults of the human being while La Bruyère( The Characters) consicely paints archetypical moral portraits. What is this genre

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Maxims

33
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Descartes ‘ Discourse on method” is based on

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An approach based on reason

34
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It is thought which assures man of his existence. Name a quote

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Cogito ergo sum- I think therefore I am

35
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What is the philosophy of Pascal( mathematician, philosopher) ( Provincial letters, The thoughts ) ?

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

36
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What happens to end of 17th century

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

37
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Observation of the rules, a reflection of reason, also affects the French language. Give example

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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.

38
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Name some works and people who participated in the development of rules of French to bring it to perfection.

A

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

39
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What is Classicism based on

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Rigor,reason, respect for ancient texts

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