Out of the seventeenth century would emerge two of France's greatest playwrights: Moliere and Racine. To help us learn more about them, we'll address the following questions:
- How did French Neoclassicism develop in response to the political tension between France and Spain?
- In what sense did the Neoclassical spirit inspire French drama and distinguish it from English drama?
- Was Moliere truly the revolutionary that later republicans assumed him to be?
Recommended Reading: Aslanov, Cyril. New Perspectives on the Sacred and the Secular in Old French and Old Provençal Poetry. England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
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