Home›French Literature›GenreBrowse ByGenreGenre groups authors by the kind of writing they became known for. Wikipedia notes Jane Austen's six novels "implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry," work that placed her squarely within social and domestic fiction rather than adventure or verse. This dimension gathers authors who worked mainly in the same genre.FactsGenreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1000 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedFrench 1GenreFilter Results31 entriesOriginal LanguageAllEnglish (1)French (26)Latin (1)Portuguese (5)Russian (1)NationalityAllBelgium (6)France (29)Italy (1)Romania (6)Russia (1)Switzerland (5)United Kingdom (4)United States (1)Active EraAll1071 to 1126 (1)1165 to 1210 (1)1483 to 1553 (2)1522 to 1560 (1)1533 to 1592 (1)1606 to 1684 (2)1607 to 1701 (1)1621 to 1695 (1)1622 to 1673 (1)1628 to 1703 (1)1635 to 1673 (1)1639 to 1699 (2)1668 to 1747 (2)1689 to 1755 (1)1694 to 1778 (1)1712 to 1778 (2)1713 to 1784 (1)1768 to 1848 (1)1783 to 1842 (1)1799 to 1846 (2)1799 to 1850 (2)1802 to 1870 (2)1802 to 1885 (4)1804 to 1857 (1)1804 to 1876 (1)1818 to 1894 (1)1821 to 1867 (2)1821 to 1880 (1)1828 to 1905 (3)1838 to 1889 (3)1840 to 1902 (2)1842 to 1898 (1)1844 to 1896 (1)1850 to 1893 (1)1854 to 1891 (1)1862 to 1949 (1)1864 to 1941 (2)1868 to 1927 (1)1868 to 1952 (1)1871 to 1922 (2)1873 to 1907 (1)1873 to 1935 (2)1877 to 1939 (2)1888 to 1948 (1)1894 to 1961 (1)1896 to 1963 (5)1896 to 1966 (1)1896 to 1970 (1)1897 to 1982 (1)1900 to 1944 (4)1903 to 1987 (2)1903 to 1989 (3)1905 to 1980 (3)1908 to 1986 (2)1909 to 1945 (1)1909 to 1994 (1)1913 to 1960 (2)1914 to 1996 (3)1920 to 1959 (1)1920 to 2019 (1)1921 to 1981 (1)1928 to 2006 (1)1928 to 2016 (1)1928 to 2017 (2)1935 to 2004 (1)MovementAllAge of Enlightenment (1)Dadaism (5)Decadent Movement (1)Existentialism (3)Lost Generation (2)Modernism (5)Naturalism (4)Neoclassicism (1)Nouveau Roman (3)Parnassianism (1)Realism (1)Romanticism (7)Surrealism (2)Symbolism (5)Influenced ByAllAesop (2)Charles Baudelaire (5)Dante Alighieri (2)Edgar Allan Poe (4)François Villon (1)Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1)Jean-Paul Sartre (1)John Milton (3)Ovid (1)Paul Verlaine (1)Petrarch (1)Tacitus (1)Victor Hugo (1)GenderAllMale (6)Form Mostly WrittenAllEssay (2)Novel (6)Play (4)Poem (3)Short Story (3)Major PrizeAllNobel Prize in Literature (1)Defining TraitAllCharacter Focus (1)Form and Technique (11)Intended Readership (1)Mood and Effect (4)Performance Tradition (1)Purpose and Message (3)Setting and World (1)Subject Matter (6)Origin YearAll1800 (1)1842 (1)Typical AudienceAllChildren (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAutobiographyGenre4 entriesAutofictionGenre1 entryBelles-lettresGenre1 entryChildren LiteratureGenre1 entryChivalric RomanceGenre1 entryChronicleGenre1 entryCity MysteriesGenre1 entryComedyGenre4 entriesCrime FictionGenre2 entriesDetective FictionGenre1 entryDramaGenre15 entriesEpicGenre2 entriesFableGenre2 entriesFabliauGenre1 entryFairy TaleGenre1 entryHorror FictionGenre1 entryLyric PoetryGenre6 entriesMemoirGenre2 entriesNarrative PoetryGenre1 entryNonfiction ProseGenre13 entriesThe NovelGenre26 entriesParodyGenre1 entryThe Picaresque NovelGenre1 entryPoetryGenre19 entriesPsychological FictionGenre1 entrySatireGenre6 entriesScience FictionGenre1 entryShort FictionGenre4 entriesTragedyGenre2 entriesUtopian and Dystopian FictionGenre1 entryWar NovelGenre1 entrySources1. French Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaFrench literature, lead sectionQuote, French literature, lead sectionBeginning in the 11th century, literature written in medieval French was one of the oldest vernacular (non-Latin) literatures in western EuropeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.