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French & Francophone Studies: LC Call Numbers for French & Francophone Studies

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LC Call Numbers for French Language: Finding Books in the Library

PC2001-3761 French

  • PC2700-(3708) Dialects. Provincialisms
  • PC2813-(2898) Old French
  • PC3201-3366 Provencal (Old)
  • PC3371-3420.5 Modern patois of South France
  • PC3420.8-3495 Langue d'oc dialects
  • PC3721-3761 Slang. Argot 

LC Call Numbers for French Literature and Writings of the Francophone World

PQ1-3999 French literature

  • PQ1-771 History and criticism
  • PQ1-150 General
  • PQ151-221 Medieval. Old French
  • PQ226-310 Modern
  • PQ400-491 Poetry
  • PQ500-591 Drama
  • PQ601-771 Prose and prose fiction
  • PQ(781)-841) Folk literature
  • PQ845 Juvenile literature
  • PQ1100-1297 Collections
  • PQ1100-1145 General
  • PQ1160-1193 Poetry
  • PQ1211-1241 Drama
  • PQ1243-1297 Prose
  • PQ1300-1595 Old French literature:
    • Encompasses Old French literature to ca. 1500/1550
  • PQ1300-1391 Collections:
    • Individual authors and works
  • PQ1411-1545 To 1350/1400
  • PQ1551-1595 (14th-) 15th century (to ca. 1525)
  • PQ1600-2726 Modern literature
    • Individual authors
  • PQ1600-1709 16th century
  • PQ1710-1935 17th century
  • PQ1947-2147 18th century
  • PQ2149-2551 19th century
  • PQ2600-2651 1900-1960
  • PQ2660-2686 1961-2000
  • PQ2700-2726 2001-
  • PQ3800-3999 Provincial, local, colonial, etc. -- This area includes Francophone literature around the world.