 welcome to my channel and I was just looking for a list of very important French writers and now here I am with five important French writers that you must study if you're preparing for UGC Net English Literature. Okay so let's dive into the topic. The first very important French writer that you must study is Gustave Flaubert. Now Flaubert has written this wonderful in a marvelous work called Madame Bovary. Shah Rukh Khan has made a movie on that like he has acted in the movie and the movie's name is Maya Mainstab. So if you are an SRK fan then go and watch that movie. If not then you can go and look for the summary of Madame Bovary because it has been asked in net several times. There was this question in net exam where they asked that on what pretends does Emma the central character goes to meet her lover Leon and the answer was that he used to she used to tell her husband that you know I'm going to for some piano lessons while she used to go and meet Leon. Okay so you need to remember these things also at the same time he has written this very important historic novel called Salambo which is based on the you know war between Roman Carthage. So if you're reading Gustave Flaubert remember these two things. The next important writer that we are going to touch is Honour de Bilzac. Now Bilzac is closely associated to realism. Now Bilzac has depicted the female characters in his novels. They are in their thirties and forties and they are very passionate about love. They're very elegantly and gracefully dressed just because you know literally history made term called you know which is called women of Bilzac age. So wherever you find any female character in their forties and who are very passionate about love and you know very elegantly and gracefully dressed then you can say that they are similar to the women of Bilzac age. Okay also if you're looking at Bilzac remember the two important works. The first is Father Goriath. Now Father Goriath is closely associated to William Shakespeare's King Lear. The plot is more or less same. A second important work is Human Comedy. Now Human Comedy you can find a link and you can see how it is related to Dante's Divine Comedy. Okay it's a series of interlinked novels. Okay so that is also important. You might not read Human Comedy in detail but at least you should know that Human Comedy is a work written by Honourable Zab. The third important writer is Albert Kamu. Now he is a person very well known for Theatre of Absurd. Now he has written these series of plays which is about absurdity which is about futility of light meaninglessness. He also gave this term myth of Sisyphus. You'll love this concept if you'll read more about it on Google. It's about this man who is rolling a ball at the top of the mountain. The ball falls down again. He rolls the ball again and the ball falls down and he keeps doing that and he finds himself happy. So last night I shared this quote on my Facebook page that you must imagine Sisyphus happy and that is what Albert Kamu has to say. Okay three most important works by Albert Kamu is Stranger, Plague and Magic Skin. Now these three important works are very much associated with Theatre of Absurd in the play called Magic Skin. He has talked about this man who has this magic skin which can fulfill all his desires. So it's a very well known play and you must read it. You'll find it really amazing and interesting. He has also written this work called Exile in Kindle. It's a very lesser known work but then there are chances that you know UGC Net people can ask this question in their exam. So you must remember that Albert Kamu has written Exile in Kindle. Now let's move on to the fourth important writer. Now this fourth important writer is very close to my heart and he is Emile Zola. Now Emile Zola is very closely associated to naturalism just like Balzac is associated to realism and Kamu is associated to Theatre of Absurd. Similarly Emile Zola is associated to naturalism. He was also well known for this Dictus a pair in which he acted as a defender of truth and justice. Basically this Dictus a pair was about a military officer who was falsely accused and Emile Zola being a social activist and a defender of truth and justice. He wrote this Jay accused article in the newspaper which helped that man to get out of the jail. So he was very well known for that social work that he did. Also at the same time Emile Zola is known for his work Germinal. Questions have been asked in net exam about this work Germinal who has written it. So you must remember it's Emile Zola. You don't need to get into the depth of Germinal but at least remember the title that will help you. The fifth and the last French writer that we are going to touch is Eugène Inesco. Okay so Eugène Inesco that if we talk about him also is associated with Theatre of Absurd just like Albert Kamu has written these three important plays one is MND how to get rid of it is the subtitle of MND. It was asked in the November 2017 exam also he has written the work Rhinoceros which is also widely known so you must go and read the summary of Rhinoceros. At the same time he has written this play Mac Bet. Okay so you can see how it is related to Mac Bet. Okay so Mac Bet and Mac Bet you must remember are closely linked and this was written by Eugène Inesco. So I have just given you some important French writers and works that you should study for UGC net exam. If you want to know the details summary if you want to know what are the important points you must study under these writers then you can go and join my online class. The details of the same is available in the description box below so you can just have a look. Also if you have any questions any queries you want me to make any new videos on any important topics then feel free to write that in the comment section below. Go to my website checklist of all important writers you must cover for our UGC net exam. Like my facebook page we are running this go net quiz which is going to help UGC net aspirants to know what kind of questions have been asked in net exam. You can also drop a message on the whatsapp number so that we can add you in the broadcast list and we can keep you updated with the new videos that we are making. So till the time we meet next bye bye see ya and keep loving literature. Happy learning!