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Exam Dates return to top

2008: Thursday, May 8, 2008 (Afternoon Session)

Required Reading List  (May 2008, May 2009) return to top

Plays
Aimé Césaire (1913- ): Une tempête (1968)
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684): Le Cid (1637)
Jean-Baptiste Molière (1622-1673): L'École des femmes (1662)
Novels
Marguerite Duras (1914-1996): Moderato Cantabile (1958)
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): Pierre et Jean (1888)
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778): Candide (1759)
Poetry
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918):
from Alcools (1913)
"Le Pont Mirabeau"
audio of Apollinaire reciting "Le Pont Mirabeau" (requires RealPlayer)
photos of Le Pont Mirabeau
"Les Colchiques"
"Mai"
"Automne"
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867):
from Les Fleurs du Mal (1857,1861)
* "Correspondances"
"Hymne à la Beauté"
* "L'Invitation au voyage"
"Chant d'automne"
* "Spleen" (Quand le ciel...")
* "Recueillement"
Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560):
from Les Regrets (1558)
* "Heureux qui comme Ulysse a fait un beau voyage"
from L'Olive (1549)
"Si notre vie est moins qu’une journée"
Louise Labé (1524-1566):
Sonnets from Oeuvres (1555)
* "On voit mourir toute chose animée"
"Je vis, je meurs: je me brule et me noye"
Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695):
from Second recueil de Fables, Livre VII (1678-1679)
"Les Animaux malades de la peste"
from Fables choisies, Livre I (1668)
"Le Chêne et le Roseau"
"La Mort et le Bûcheron"
* "Le Loup et l'Agneau"

* these poems can be heard as RealAudio files from poesie.webnet.fr.

Textbook Vendors return to top

Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com)
Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
Hébert: Oeuvre poétique 1950-1990
Hébert: Poèmes
Laye: L'Enfant noir
Maupassant: Pierre et Jean
Molière: l'École des femmes
Voltaire: Candide
Césaire: Une tempête
Corneille: Le Cid
Duras: Moderato Cantabile
Works for previous exams
: Une si longue lettre
Beaumarchais: Le Mariage de Figaro
Amazon.com
Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
Laye: L'Enfant noir
Maupassant: Pierre et Jean
Molière: l'École des femmes
Voltaire: Candide
Césaire: Une tempête
Corneille: Le Cid
Duras: Moderato Cantabile
Works for previous exams
: Une si longue lettre
Amazon.ca (Canada)
Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
Hébert: Oeuvre poétique 1950-1990
Laye: L'Enfant noir
Maupassant: Pierre et Jean
Molière: l'École des femmes
Voltaire: Candide
Césaire: Une tempête
Corneille: Le Cid
Duras: Moderato Cantabile
Works for previous exams
: Une si longue lettre
Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company
AP French Literature Series: Focus Student Editions
L'École des femmes
L'Enfant noir
Pierre et Jean
Wayside Publishing
Anthology of Advanced Placement French Literature
Study Guides for Advanced Placement French Literature
Pierre et Jean
L'École des femmes
Candide
Le Cid
Moderato Cantabile
Une tempête
La Poésie
Works for previous exams
Le Mariage de Figaro
La Guerre de Troie
L'Enfant noir
Une si longue lettre...

Electronic Texts return to top

The following texts are available as Microsoft Reader e-books (require Microsoft Reader; the Microsoft Reader French-English Pocket Dictionary is recommended to enable the Lookup function.  Desktop and Pocket PC versions available). To download, right-click on the link, then select "Save Target As..."
Poetry (2008-2009 Exams) (147 KB)
Candide (215 KB)
l'École des femmes (187 KB)
Pierre et Jean  (228 KB)
Le Cid (174 KB)
Works for previous exams
Poetry (2003 Exam) (148 KB)
Le Mariage de Figaro  (217 KB)
Poetry (2004-2007 Exams) (152 KB)
Une Si Longue Lettre... (Study Guide) (142 KB)

To hear Microsoft Reader e-books read in French, download and install the Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package 1.0 (French)-- for desktops and notebooks only.

The following text is available as a free Microsoft Reader e-book from mozambook.free.fr:

Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (230 KB)
Candide ou l'Optimisme by Voltaire (180 KB)

The following texts are available as free Mobipocket e-books (require Mobipocket Reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC).

Candide (119 KB)
l'École des femmes (135 KB)
Pierre et Jean  (170 KB)
Le Cid (125 KB)
Works for previous exams
Le Mariage de Figaro  (226 KB)

The following texts are available for purchase as Mobipocket e-books (require Mobipocket Reader for Palm OS or Pocket PC).

Larousse Compact English-French/French-English Dictionary (4 MB)
Apollinaire Alcools (127KB)
La Fontaine Fables Book 1 (180 KB)
La Fontaine Fables Book 2 (257 KB)
Baudelaire Les Fleurs du Mal (188 KB)

Supplemental Links return to top

College Board's Advanced Placement French Literature Exam
AP Credit Policy Info- The College Board's searchable database with links to the AP credit and placement policies of many colleges and universities
The College Board's Course Description for AP French Language and Literature (in PDF)
AP University Credit- chart comparing credit awarded by 12 universities for the AP French Language, AP French Literature, AP English Composition and Literature, AP European History, and AP Mathematics Calculus BC exams. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
National AP Scores for the French, Spanish, and German Language and Literature exams 1995-2000.
Study guide of French literary terms- Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Literary terms PowerPoint presentation
Microsoft Reader and French-English Dictionary for Pocket PC and desktop PCs- to read e-book versions of Candide, l'École des femmes, Le Mariage de Figaro, Pierre et Jean, and Poetry
Dr. Kairet's web site at Cincinnati Country Day School containing pages on:
Ronsard
Labe
La Fontaine
Baudelaire
Apollinaire
AP French Literature Links- from the Connecticut chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences videos for purchase or rental on the following works:
Jean Giraudoux: La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu
Molière: l'École des femmes
Voltaire: Candide
Jean de la Fontaine
The Works of La Fontaine
poesie.webnet.fr - text and audio files of French poems
Toute La Poésie- French poetry site including technical explanations of meter, rhyme, and stanzas.
Sommaire de versification classique française- University of Quebec at Chicoutimi site containing definitions and explanations of terms for analyzing poetry.
Literary terms- from the site for French study and teaching at www.lettres.net
Association des Bibliophiles Universels (ABU)- French electronic texts
www.bibliopolis.fr- the electronic reference for French literature
ClicNet- Francophone cultural and literary site
Apollinare
Site Guillaume Apollinaire- hosted at Western Illinois University
photos of Le Pont Mirabeau in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
photos of La Rue Guillaume Apollinaire in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
photo of Le Pont Mirabeau in Paris by Frederic Phan
audio of Apollinaire reciting "Le Pont Mirabeau" (in RealAudio or MP3 formats) from UbuWeb
Baudelaire
Enivrez-vous
photos of Charles Baudelaire's tomb and cenotaph at the Cimitière de Montparnasse in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
Césaire
www.cesaire.org- site for the exposition organized by Unesco in honor of Aimé Césaire
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Corneille
Biography of Corneille- from la Comédie Française
photos of Corneille and La Comédie Française in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
Du Bellay
Biography of Du Bellay- from alalettre.com
Biography of Du Bellay- from Anthologie francophone
Biography of Du Bellay- from Yahoo! Encyclopédie
le Musée Du Bellay
from Les Regrets (1558)
* "France, mère des arts, des armes, et des lois"
from L'Olive (1549)
"Si notre vie est moins qu’une journée"
Duras
Biography of Marguerite Duras- from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Biography of Duras- from la Comédie Française
photos of Marguerite Duras' tomb at the Cimitière de Montparnasse in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
Labé
Labé's Sonnets- from the College Board's AP French Literature site
Labé's Sonnets- from the Académie de Lyon web site
Labé's Sonnets- from the Prentice-Hall web site
Sonnets from Oeuvres (1555)
"Oh si j'estois en ce beau sein ravie"
"Las! que me sert, que si parfaitement"
La Fontaine
www.jdlf.com- site dedicated to Jean de la Fontaine
www.lafontaine.net- site dedicated to Jean de la Fontaine
Musée Jean de la Fontaine- site for the Jean de la Fontaine Museum
Maupassant
Profil- Pierre et Jean- information on the novel by Guy de Maupassant from Hatier
Pierre et Jean- site with analyses of several extracts from the novel
Molière
Biography of Molière- from la Comédie Française
photos of Molière and La Comédie Française in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
Voltaire
Biography of Voltaire- from la Comédie Française
photo of Le Restaurant Voltaire in Paris by Milton Alan Turner
Miriama Bâ (1929-1981): Une si longue lettre (1979)
Study guide for Une si longue lettre... by Miriama Bâ (HTML) (also available in PDF and Baudelaire
Giraudoux
La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu- from Hatier's Profil d'une oeuvre
La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu- site created by Emmanuelle Vanborre at Boston College
La Guerre de Troie d'Homère à Giraudoux- study of major characters from Collège Les Prés
La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu- cast and credits for 1981 French television production from The Internet Movie Database
Homer's The Iliad study aid by Sparknotes
Jean Giraudoux Biography- from DiscoverFrance.net
Troy web site for the Warner Bros. motion picture
Helen of Troy USA Networks mini-series "Cable in the Classroom" site including:
Guide
Cast of Characters
Timeline
FAQs
Hébert
Anne Hébert: AP French Exam Poetry- from the Connecticut chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
Anne Hébert site complet- by Dr. Robert Harvey
Biography of Anne Hébert- from Northwest Passages
Biography of Anne Hébert- from BOA Books
Prix Anne Hébert- from canada-culture.org
Anne Hébert 1916-2000- The National Film Board of Canada's page on Jacques Godbout's 2001 film
from Poèmes Nouveaux (1987-1989)
"Baigneuse" 
"Une fois seulement"
from Les Tombeaux des rois (1953)
"Nos mains au jardin" 
"Les grandes fontaines"
 from Poèmes Anciens (1961-1980)
"Le piano"
Laye
Biography of Camara Laye- from webGuinée.net (in English)
En préparation à l'examen AP: L'Enfant noir de Camara Laye web site by Christine Renaudin & Suzanne Toczyski of Sonoma State University
Study guide for the film L'Enfant noir from the Virginia Commonwealth University French Film series and French Film Festival.
Les Films du Paradoxe- web site for movie studio that contains information on the VHS video release of Laurent Chevallier's 1995 adaptation of L'Enfant noir (in French and in English)
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
Le Mariage de Figaro (1781)
Biography of Beaumarchais- from la Comédie Française
Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585):
from Second livre des Amours (1555-1556)
* "A Marie" ("Comme on voit sur la branche...")
from Les Odes (1553)
"Ode à Cassandre" ("Mignonne, allons voir...)"
from Sonnets pour Hélène (1578)
* "A Hélène" ("Quand vous serez bien vieille...")
"The Fates (Atropos)" at The Prado Museum- painting by Francisco de Goya to help explain reference to "la Parque" in Ronsard's poem "A Marie" 
Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
from Romances sans paroles (1874)
* Ariettes Oubliées III: Il pleure dans mon cœur
Ariettes Oubliées VII: Ô triste, triste était mon âme