FREN 321 High and Popular Culture in Medieval and Renaissance France

Introduction to the study of medieval and Renaissance French literature and civilization. Readings from such works as La Chanson de Roland, Yvain ou le chevalier au lion, Tristan et Iseult, Aucassin et Nicolette, Rabelais's Gargantua et Pantagruel, the poetry of the Pléiade, and Montaigne's Essais. [H]