These programs consider the same historical period and combine lectures, on-site classes with practical oral and written work. A History lecture completes the cycle giving background information required for French Art and Literature.

8 lessons per week (1 lesson = 45 minutes)

Course Descriptions:

1st three-month term: From Sun King to contemporary society

History: An introduction to French history from Sun King to contemporary society required for French Literature and Art History. From Louis XIV to Chirac examines key political figures, events and consequences - From Monarchy to Revolutions - From Empires to Social Revolutions - From World wars to the European Union - permits to have a comprehensive overview of France's place in the world of yesterday and today.

Literature: An introduction to the history of French Literature from Classicism to contemporary society. Including French Classicism and the XVIIth century - The age of Enlightenment and the XVIIIth century - Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism in the XIXth century - and concludes with the XX th century from a rupture with the past to writers who have revolutionized the French Literary scene of today.

Art History: An introduction to French architecture, painting, sculpture and decorative arts from Sun King to contemporary society. Including French Classicism - Rococo - Neoclassicism - Romanticism - Realism - Impressionism - Post-Impressionism - The Nabis - Fauvism - Cubism - Surrealism - and artists who have transformed the Parisian landscape of today.

2nd three-month term: Revolutions in the XIXth Century (1)

History: French 19th century history from Louis XVI to the Second Empire required for French literature and Art History. From war and bankruptcy to the down fall of Kings - From Napoleon and the conquest of Europe to Waterloo - From the return of Monarchy to public elections - From the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions to rural exodus and the Second Empire - students to have a thorough viewpoint of the period.

Literature: History of 19th century French literature from Romanticism to Realism. Examines individual writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, compared to German and English counterparts such as Goethe and Walter Scott - Chateaubriand and the "mal du siècle" - Romantic poetry with Vigny - Novels of the time with Victor Hugo, Stendhal and Balzac - Romantic theater with Musset - "Art for Art's sake" with Gautier and Leconte de Lisle - Realism with Flaubert.

Art History: French 19th century painting from Preromanticism to the beginning of Impressionism. Examines individual artists such as Géricault, Delacroix and Ingres, compared to Spanish, German and English counterparts such as Goya and Turner - explores landscape painting at the age of industrialization with Rousseau - Contemporary society with Courbet - official court style painting with Napoleon III artists and the generation of young painters with Manet, Whistler and Degas.

3rd three-month term: Revolutions in the XIXth century (2)

History: French history in the 19th century. From Napoleon III and colonial expansion to political and economical ideologies in the 19th century - from laws against children under 12 working and free mandatory education to the beginning of the 20th century. Students will have a thorough understanding of the period and its situation in society at that time.

Literature: French literature in the 19th century. From Naturalism with Emile Zola to the passage into the 20th century with Guillaume Apollinaire - short stories with Maupassant - the fantastic in 19th century works with Mérimée - Symbolism with Rimbaud - Science and literature with Jules Verne - Prose and theatre at the end of the century with Jules Vallès and Edmond Rostand.

Art History: Impressionism. From the generation of young painters with Manet, Whistler and Degas, to the Impressionist adventure with Monet, Renoir and Pissarro - Japonism and its influence on Toulouse-Lautrec and Cross - explores parallel foreign artistic movements with the Macchiaioli - The second School of La Haye - Max Liebermann and American Impressionists - Post-Impressionism with Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin - Neoimpressionism with Seurat and Signac.

1st semester: From the end of Antiquity to contemporary society

History: An introduction to French History from the end of Antiquity to contemporary society required for French Literature and Art History. From Clovis to Chirac examines key political figures, events and consequences - From Monarchy to Revolutions - From empires to social revolutions - From World Wars to the European Union - students will have a comprehensive overview of Frances' place in the world of yesterday and today.

Literature: An introduction to the history of French literature from the end of Antiquity to contemporary society. From the origins of French Language and literature to today including the Middle Ages with medieval court literature - The French Renaissance and Humanism - Classicism and the XVIIth century - The Age of Enlightenment and the XVIIIth century - Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism in the XIXth century - and concludes with the XXth century from a rupture with the past to writers who have revolutionized the French literary scene of today.

Art History: An introduction to French architecture, painting, sculpture and decorative arts from the end of Antiquity to contemporary society. Including the Romanesque and Gothic periods - The French Renaissance - French Classicism - Rococo - Neoclassicism - Romanticism - Realism - Impressionism - Post-Impressionism - The Nabis - Fauvism - Cubism - Surrealism - and artists who have transformed the Parisian Landscape of today.

2nd Semester: Revolutions in the XIXth century (1) & (2)

History: French 19th century history from Louis XVI to the Second Empire required for French literature and Art History. From war and bankruptcy to the down fall of Kings - From Napoleon and the conquest of Europe to Waterloo - From the return of Monarchy to public elections - From the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions to rural exodus and the Second Empire. From Napoleon III and colonial expansion to political and economical ideologies in the 19th century. Students will have a thorough understanding of the period and its situation in society at that time

Literature: Examines individual writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, compared to German and English counterparts such as Goethe and Walter Scott - Chateaubriand and the "mal du siècle" - Romantic poetry with Vigny - Novels of the time with Victor Hugo, Stendhal and Balzac - Romantic theater with Musset - "Art for Art's sake" with Gautier and Leconte de Lisle - Realism with Falubert. From Naturalism with Emile Zola to the passage into the 20th century with Guillaume Apollinaire - short stories with Maupassant - the fantastic in 19th century works with Mérimée.

Art History: French 19th century painting from Preromanticism to the Impressionist adventure. Examines individual artists such as Géricault, Delacroix and Ingres, compared to Spanish, German and English counterparts such as Goya and Turner - explores landscape painting at the age of industrialization with Rousseau - Contemporary society with Courbet - official court style painting with Napoleon III artists and the generation of young painters with Manet, Whistler and Degas, to the Impressionist adventure with Monet, Renoir and Pissarro.

Enrolment

Enrolment is possible at the beginning of each three-month term or semester. At the end of the session the student will be able to identify major periods, styles, movements, artists and writers in French Art and Literature.

Prerequisites

The Literature and Art History programs are available in French for students, who have an intermediate-advanced level in the language. The Art History program is also given in English and in Japanese for students, with a beginner-elementary level in French. Since these are introductory courses, no prior knowledge is needed in these subjects. These two programs may be taken separately or together.

In Art History: Specific programs (What is masterpiece?, Impressionism in Paris…) can be organized for groups.