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French Language, Literature and Culture

How to Use This Guide

Welcome to the French Language, Literature and Culture guide. This guide has been created to help you explore the French language. Click on each tab above to find information, tutorials, and links to websites with everything from news to videos. Stop by the library or email us if you have any questions. We're always happy to help!

Explore the Land & People

France. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2016.

"France, Ile-de-france, Nangis, 15th century castle." Bridgeman Images, 2014. Credo Reference.

Garden Of Love Of The Chateau De Villandry. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, 2016.

Ile-de-France - Paris. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, 2016.

Alps, Haute Savoie, France. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, 2016.

Vineyard, Carcassonne, Languedoc, France. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, 2016.

Explore the Language and Culture

The Louvre Museum's official website.

France's National Library website.

Gallica is a French-language database by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and its partners.

Available through JSTOR, this is the most widely circulated French journal in the world,
published six times a year by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF).

A joint collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Bibliotheque nationale de France, this website is a bilingual (English/French) digital library that "explores the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century."