The book contains articles written at different times (starting from the 60s), but devoted to some extent to one topic - the main points in the development of French literature of the Renaissance and the Seventeenth century (that is, the features and patterns of the literary process ).There are articles of a general nature, articles devoted to the creative path of the largest representatives of literature of this time (Villon, Rabelais, Ronsard, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Corneille, etc.), problems of transitional eras and some particular issues important for characterizing the movement of literature in for more than two centuries.