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Dec 2013
5m 20s

Pierre Corneille

OLIVIER LENOIR
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Le XVIIe siècle est "le" siècle d'or du théâtre français. Pierre Corneille apparaît alors comme un auteur "tout-terrain" car il a écrit aussi bien des comédies et des tragédies que des tragicomédies. 
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