Louis Hémon Maria Chapdelaine

Enlightenment, though since 1945 in particular its remit has been broadened by the democratization of culture and, most recently, its systematic appropriation by the entertainment industry. For the Renaissance, literature was an assertion of modernity. To Louis XIV, it was a jewel in the crown of the most sophisticated monarchy in Europe. For the Enlightenment, it was a powerful agent of intellectual and social change. It is only since the time of the Romantics that ‘Literature’ has consistently denoted a