17th-century French literature

The French classical music or classical high ( classicisme ) is a period in European culture. It is about the period from 1660 to 1715 settled ( the age of Louis XIV ). The monopolization of language and literature Hofsitten by the French classical music had worldwide influence.

Time Restriction

The years 1630 to 1660 are often referred to as pre-classical ( préclassicisme ). As a " classical core " of French literature is the period from 1661 (death of Mazarin, the beginning of the one-party government of Louis XIV ) to 1685 ( Edict of Fontainebleau ). As Postclassic ( postclassicisme ) the period from 1685 to 1715 (death of Louis XIV ) is called.

Central institutions like the Académie française (since 1635), the Paris Opéra (since 1671) and the Comédie Française (since 1680) monitored via the official culture.

Term

The French Classic combines the power concentration of absolutism with antique models that served many rulers since the Renaissance to the emancipation from ecclesiastical authorities. The epoch refers not to the Bible but to ancient texts in its period design. In parallel, the growing opposition of rationalism runs against scholasticism in philosophy (for example, René Descartes). This has not yet been understood as individualistic bourgeois emancipation, but emancipation as a unified state from the church. Civil opposition to the French classical music began to develop at the Parisian fairs.