Biography rousset

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Jean Rousset (1910, Geneva - 2002) was a Swissliterary critic who worked on French literature, and in particular on "Baroque" literature of the late Renaissance and early seventeenth century.

He is sometimes grouped with the so-called "Geneva School" and with early Structuralism.

Biography

Jean Rousset began his studies in law, before changing to literature. He studied under Albert Thibaudet and Marcel Raymond and after working as a French lecturer in Halle and Munich, became professor at the University of Geneva.

Biography rousset

His thesis on French literature of the baroque period, published under the title La Littérature de l’âge baroque en France : Circé et le paon, was an immense critical success. It was one of the first studies to use the term "baroque" – which had been, up to that point, used exclusively in art history – to refer to literary works.

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