5.1 Literary Texts

• Order the key focus areas for analyzing literary texts in the OCR A-Level French curriculum.

  1️⃣ Themes

  2️⃣ Characters

  3️⃣ Narrative Structure

  4️⃣ Literary Techniques
• One of the components of the OCR A-Level French curriculum is the study of French films.


  True
• Charles Baudelaire was a prominent Symbolist poet.


  True
• Order the following literary movements chronologically:

  1️⃣ Classicism

  2️⃣ Romanticism

  3️⃣ Realism

  4️⃣ Symbolism

  5️⃣ Existentialism
• What 19th-century literary movement emphasized emotion, imagination, and individualism?

  Romanticism
• Which 20th-century philosophical movement influenced French literature and explored individual freedom and the human condition?

  Existentialism
• Which literary movements are included in French literature?

  Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Symbolism, Existentialism
• Realism depicts everyday life and social issues
• Match the literary style with its notable author:

  Classicism ↔️ Molière

  Romanticism ↔️ Victor Hugo

  Realism ↔️ Honoré de Balzac

  Symbolism ↔️ Charles Baudelaire
• What are the four primary components of the OCR A-Level French curriculum?

  Literary Texts, Films, Themes, Language Skills
• The OCR A-Level French curriculum includes in-depth analysis of French novels, plays, and poetry
• The 19th-century literary movement known as Realism aimed to depict everyday life and social conditions realistically
• Match each literary style with its notable author:

  Classicism ↔️ Molière

  Romanticism ↔️ Victor Hugo

  Realism ↔️ Gustave Flaubert

  Symbolism ↔️ Charles Baudelaire

  Existentialism ↔️ Albert Camus
• Classicism emphasizes reason, order, and classical forms
• Which authors are associated with Symbolism?

  Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé
• Realism focuses on social conditions and ordinary characters
• Order the following themes in French literature from social to philosophical:

  1️⃣ Social Justice

  2️⃣ Historical Perspectives

  3️⃣ Cultural Values

  4️⃣ Identity and Belonging
• Which literary work depicts the French Revolution?

  Les Misérables
• Close reading involves interpreting language, imagery, and symbolism
• What are the key themes of Romanticism?

  Love, nature, nationalism
• Existentialism explores the meaning of existence and individual choice


  True
• What are the themes explored in Existentialism?

  Freedom, responsibility, choice
• Which work by Albert Camus explores the theme of social justice?

  L'Étranger
• Molière's plays reflect French cultural values

  True
• Cultural context is essential for understanding French literary texts


  True
• Jean Valjean is a notable character in "Les Misérables
• Romanticism emphasizes emotion, imagination, and individualism


  True
• Explorations of cultural and national identity are found in the novels of Marguerite Duras
• What is involved in the literary analysis approach to understanding French texts?

  Examining themes, characters, etc.
• What is an example of a theme in "Madame Bovary"?

  Love