French Literature Reviews - 2026
Studi di Letteratura Francese, Table of Contents
Other Literary Studies
Studi di Letteratura Francese, Rivista Europea, founded by Enea Balmas, directed by Giovanni Dotoli, Florence, Leo S. Olschki Publisher, XXVII, 2002.
ESSAYS
- G. Matteo Roccati, Thematic Analysis and the Computer: Some Reflections on Eustache Deschamps.
- Giovanna Dotoli, The Lesson of L'Astrée.
- Donato Sperduto, Between Earnestness and Wit: The Comical History of Francion.
- Bernard Roukhomovsky, La Bruyère, from Character to Epigram (On Goods of Fortune, 12).
- Fernando Schirosi, Victor Hugo, the Sovereign Poet.
- Luc Fraisse, Proust the Novelist Reading Vigny, or How Poetic Formulas Blossom into Narrative Episodes.
- Olivier Sécardin, "and I would blend everything in a poetic kiss": Mallarmé and the Syncretism of the Arts.
- Pierre Brunel, On a Minuscule Novel by Jean Echenoz: Occupational Zoning.
- Valeria Gramigna, One More "Page".
- Valerio Rota, Return to Babel: The Failure of the Word in Selected French Novels of the "Extrême Contemporain".
DOCUMENTS
Pierre Albert-Birot, Immensities.
Arlette Albert-Birot, Between Time and Space.
REVIEWS
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This scholarly journal volume gathers diverse essays addressing various periods and figures in French literature, ranging from the medieval poetry of Eustache Deschamps to modern writers such as Victor Hugo, Marcel Proust, and Stéphane Mallarmé. Additional studies consider the work of Jean Echenoz and selected contemporary novels, alongside documentary contributions dedicated to Pierre Albert-Birot and Arlette Albert-Birot, reflecting historical and formal developments in French letters.
Studies of this nature situate individual authors and specific texts within broader traditions of French literary history, tracing shifts in genre, poetics, and narrative technique from early modern works to contemporary literature. By bringing together focused analyses of poetry, prose fiction, and literary theory, the volume reflects ongoing scholarly inquiry into the evolution of literary forms and the interplay between texts. Readers interested in French literary studies and European journal scholarship may find these collected essays and documents relevant to their research.