Bachelor in Licence - Lettres

The Licence - Lettres (Literature) at Avignon Université in Avignon, France, is a three-year bachelor degree at the heart of the humanities, devoted to the study of literary texts and the French and broader European traditions they belong to. The program covers literary history across periods from antiquity to the contemporary era, drawing on poetry, prose fiction, theatre, and essay to develop students' interpretive, analytical, and expressive capacities. Courses address rhetoric and stylistics, the history of the French language, linguistics, and the relationship between literary form and cultural context. Students learn to produce close textual commentaries, structured literary essays, and original analyses at a high standard of written French. Some pathways within the discipline open toward comparative literature, Latin, philosophy of language, or media and cultural studies. Teaching is entirely in French, the program begins in September, and the duration is 3 years with yearly tuition of 178 EUR. The degree trains habits of careful reading and precise writing that are valued well beyond academic careers. Graduates enter secondary and higher education, editorial and publishing work, librarianship, archival institutions, cultural journalism, writing, and public communication. It also serves as preparation for teacher training and for master's programs in French literature, linguistics, heritage, or cultural management.