Group Project Ideas

1. Create a literary map of Paris marking significant locations from the writers studied.

2. Stage a debate between philosophes about contemporary issues.

3. Write pastiches of different writers describing the same contemporary event.

4. Create a literary timeline showing connections between writers across centuries.

5. Design a syllabus for a course focusing on one theme across multiple writers.

These questions aim to provoke thoughtful discussion while avoiding simple answers. They encourage readers to make connections across time periods, to consider formal innovations alongside thematic concerns, and to relate French literature to both its specific context and universal human experiences. The best discussions will likely generate new questions, continuing the dialogue these writers began.