Outline of the French literature from the Middle Ages to Renaissance. The most important works, the character and development tendencies of the medieval literature.
Medieval heroic epic - La Chanson de Roland, Arthurian legends ; Chrétien de Troyes and topos of Graal ; poetry of Troubadours and court literature, its formes. Tristan et Yseut.
Clerical and secular poetry. François Villon.
Spiritual and allegoric poetry (Roman de la Rose).