Home›French Literature›Form Mostly Written›PlayBrowse ByPlayFactsPlaySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1000 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedFrench 1PlayFilter Results18 entriesGenreAllComedy (4)Drama (11)Horror Fiction (1)Nonfiction Prose (3)Poetry (3)Satire (1)Short Fiction (1)The Novel (9)The Picaresque Novel (1)Tragedy (2)Original LanguageAllFrench (15)NationalityAllBelgium (2)France (17)United Kingdom (2)Active EraAll1606 to 1684 (1)1622 to 1673 (1)1639 to 1699 (1)1668 to 1747 (1)1694 to 1778 (1)1799 to 1850 (1)1802 to 1870 (1)1802 to 1885 (1)1828 to 1905 (1)1838 to 1889 (1)1840 to 1902 (1)1862 to 1949 (1)1888 to 1948 (1)1905 to 1980 (1)1909 to 1994 (1)1914 to 1996 (1)1935 to 2004 (1)MovementAllExistentialism (1)Naturalism (1)Nouveau Roman (1)Romanticism (2)Symbolism (2)Influenced ByAllCharles Baudelaire (1)Edgar Allan Poe (1)Jean-Paul Sartre (1)GenderAllMale (1)Major PrizeAllNobel Prize in Literature (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Alain-René LesagePlayAlexandre DumasPlayAuguste Villiers de l'Isle-AdamPlayEdmond RostandPlayÉmile ZolaPlayEugène IonescoPlayFrançoise SaganPlayGeorges BernanosPlayHonoré de BalzacPlayJean RacinePlayJean-Paul SartrePlayJules VernePlayMarguerite DurasPlayMaurice MaeterlinckPlayMolièrePlayPierre CorneillePlayVictor HugoPlayVoltairePlaySources1. 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.