I. General Works
Read a history of 19th-Century French literature [rec: P. Brunel,
et.al., Histoire de la littérature française (Bordas,
1972): "Le XIXe Siècle," 383-562], AND in D.
Hollier, ed., A New History of French Literature (New Haven: Yale
UP, 1989): "1802" (609-613), "1820" (627-632),
"1823" (632-639), "1827" (644-649), "1830"
(649-656), "1833" (656-661), "1835" (666-671),
"1843" (693-698), "1851" (710-716), "1857"
(726-731), "1859" (737-743), "1871" (751-758),
"1876," "1877" & "1880" (769-785),
"1885" (798-801), "1898" (824-830)
II. Literary Works: Read these texts in good critical editions (e.g. Classiques Garnier) or in annotated study editions (e.g. Nouveaux Classiques Larousse, Folio)
** Chateaubriand, Atala OR René [specify your choice in advance of the examination]
Lamartine, Méditation: "L'Isolement," "Le Lac,"
Hugo, Contemplations: "A Villequier" & Hernani
Vigny, "Moïse," "La Mort du Loup"
Musset, "La Nuit de Mai"
Sand, Indiana
Stendhal, Le Rouge et le Noir
** Balzac, Eugénie Grandet OR Le Père Goriot [specify your choice in advance of the examination]
Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Maupassant, "Boule de suif," "La Petite Roque," "Le Horla" (1887)
** Zola, Nana OR Germinal [specify your choice in advance of the examination]
Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal: "Au Lecteur," "Correspondances," "L'Invitation au Voyage," "Le Voyage"
Verlaine, Jadis et Naguère: "Art poétique"; Fêtes galantes: "Clair de lune"
Rimbaud, Poésies: "Chant de guerre parisien," "Voyelles," "Le Bateau ivre"; Illuminations: "Aube"
Mallarmé: "L'Azur," "Le Vierge, le Vivace..."