Home›French Literature›NationalityBrowse ByNationalityNationality groups authors by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Jane Austen as "an English writer known primarily for her six novels," a nationality that placed her firmly within the English gentry society she wrote about. This dimension shows which countries produced the authors behind a given tradition.FactsNationalitySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1000 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedFrench 1NationalityFilter Results9 entriesGenreAllAutobiography (2)Autofiction (1)Belles-lettres (1)Children Literature (1)Chivalric Romance (1)City Mysteries (1)Comedy (1)Crime Fiction (1)Detective Fiction (1)Drama (3)Epic (2)Fable (1)Fabliau (1)Fairy Tale (1)Horror Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (2)Memoir (3)Narrative Poetry (1)Nonfiction Prose (4)Parody (2)Poetry (4)Psychological Fiction (1)Satire (3)Science Fiction (1)Short Fiction (3)The Novel (5)The Picaresque Novel (1)Tragedy (1)Utopian and Dystopian Fiction (2)War Novel (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (2)French (8)Latin (1)Portuguese (2)Russian (2)Active EraAll1165 to 1210 (1)1483 to 1553 (1)1522 to 1560 (1)1533 to 1592 (1)1606 to 1684 (1)1607 to 1701 (1)1621 to 1695 (1)1622 to 1673 (1)1628 to 1703 (1)1635 to 1673 (1)1639 to 1699 (1)1668 to 1747 (1)1689 to 1755 (1)1694 to 1778 (1)1712 to 1778 (1)1713 to 1784 (1)1723 to 1789 (2)1768 to 1848 (1)1783 to 1842 (1)1799 to 1846 (1)1799 to 1850 (1)1802 to 1870 (1)1802 to 1885 (3)1804 to 1857 (1)1804 to 1876 (1)1818 to 1894 (1)1821 to 1867 (1)1821 to 1880 (1)1828 to 1905 (1)1838 to 1889 (1)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 (1)1868 to 1927 (1)1868 to 1952 (1)1871 to 1922 (1)1873 to 1907 (1)1873 to 1935 (1)1877 to 1939 (1)1888 to 1948 (1)1894 to 1961 (1)1896 to 1963 (2)1896 to 1966 (1)1896 to 1970 (2)1897 to 1982 (1)1900 to 1944 (1)1903 to 1987 (1)1903 to 1989 (1)1905 to 1980 (1)1908 to 1986 (1)1909 to 1945 (1)1909 to 1994 (1)1913 to 1960 (1)1914 to 1996 (1)1920 to 1959 (1)1920 to 2019 (1)1921 to 1981 (1)1928 to 2006 (1)1928 to 2016 (2)1928 to 2017 (1)1935 to 2004 (1)MovementAllAge of Enlightenment (1)Dadaism (2)Decadent Movement (1)Existentialism (1)Lost Generation (1)Modernism (2)Naturalism (2)Neoclassicism (1)Nouveau Roman (1)Parnassianism (1)Realism (1)Romanticism (1)Surrealism (1)Symbolism (2)Influenced ByAllAesop (1)Charles Baudelaire (1)Dante Alighieri (1)Edgar Allan Poe (1)François Villon (1)Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1)Jean-Paul Sartre (1)John Milton (1)Ovid (1)Paul Verlaine (1)Petrarch (1)Tacitus (1)Victor Hugo (1)GenderAllMale (3)Form Mostly WrittenAllEssay (1)Novel (2)Play (2)Poem (1)Short Story (1)Major PrizeAllNobel Prize in Literature (1)Area (sq km)All30,689 (1)41,291 (1)238,397 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)357,022 (1)632,702.3 (1)9,866,632 (1)17,075,400 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (2)Republic (6)Income GroupAllHigh (9)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1830 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1877 (1)1949 (1)1991 (1)LandlockedAllNo (8)Yes (1)PopulationAll9,154,242 (1)11,867,634 (1)19,043,151 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)142,557,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9BelgiumNationality3 entriesFranceNationality70 entriesGermanyNationality1 entryItalyNationality1 entryRomaniaNationality2 entriesRussiaNationality1 entrySwitzerlandNationality3 entriesUnited KingdomNationality2 entriesUnited StatesNationality1 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.