French Literature And The French Revolution

As was said in the production, V for Vendetta, “Ideas are bulletproof.” The writers of the seventeenth century recorded ideas. Ideas, that would last forever. The words the writers put down on paper would make both negative and positive influences on seventeenth century France. Writing moved from simply facts and history to dynamic stories and plays. THESIS French literature was bringing about a change in all writing, and would help to spark the French Revolution. Philosophers, such as Bernard de Fontenelle, were bringing new ideas to France. Many of these ideas were controversial and went against what was proper in society. People were now thinking for themselves. This would bring a change to France. Leaving them with a whole new country with more freedom. While many writers were taking their own ideas and presenting them, many others were still conforming to the social standard. This began to cause rebellion because the literature represented the nobility and their lack of understanding of the common man. Many writers turned a blind eye to the poverty and discontent of the people. The people were later to revolt. This and the controversy in other writings led to the violence of the French Revolution. More and more people began to voice their own opinions. People had more freedom than before. They took this and wrote poetry and plays and every kind of writing imaginable. They broke the constructs of what society told them they could be and began to do what they liked. Human behavior became a great interest, and such studies and writings set the beginnings of the French Revolution. Ideas have always changed the world, and ideas in 17th century France were no different. Literature was a large part of the Enlightenment period, which played into the French Revolution. This brought freedom, but also violence. Writing become more for entertainment and imagination