Fictional Literature in Europe from 1648 to 1992

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  • Treaty of Westphalia

    Treaty of Westphalia

  • Molière plays Tartuffe for the first time

    Molière plays Tartuffe for the first time

    • A controversial play that got censored
    • Criticizes the french absolute monarchy
    • Denounces the hypocrisy of the church
  • Death of Louis XIV

    Death of Louis XIV

  • Montesqieu releases Lettres Persanes

    Montesqieu releases Lettres Persanes

    • Criticizes absolutism and the hypocrisy of the French court
    • Introduces Enlightmenet ideas: rational thinking, fraternity, economic cooperation, criticism of religion
  • Beginning of the Enlightenment

    Beginning of the Enlightenment

  • Beginning of the French Revolution

    Beginning of the French Revolution

    July 4th, 1792 : Takeover of the Bastille
  • Coronation of Napoleon as Emperor

    Coronation of Napoleon as Emperor

  • Release of War and Peace by Leon Tolstoy

    Release of War and Peace by Leon Tolstoy

    • Depiction of Russian society at the beginning of the 19th century
    • Describes the wars between the French and Russian empires
  • Beginning of the Second Industrialization

    Beginning of the Second Industrialization

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    World War I

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    World War II

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    Cold War

  • Release of Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco

    Release of Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco

    • Play that uses a rhinoceros as an allegory for the rise of fascism and nazism before and during World War 2
    • Criticism of the human who will follow the mass
    • Description of the Rise of a movement and ideology
  • Maastricht Treaty

    Maastricht Treaty

    • Creation of the European Union