| Letter |
Sub heading |
| A |
French studies generally |
| B |
French language |
| BM |
Old French language to 1500 |
| C |
French literature generally |
| CB |
Belgian literature |
| CH |
French-Swiss literature generally |
| CQ |
French-Canadian literature generally |
| E |
Mediaeval literature to 1500 |
| H |
Renaissance literature, 16th century |
| J |
Early 17th-century literature to 1660 |
| K |
Literature of the age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715 |
| L |
Eighteenth-century literature, 1715-1789 |
| M |
Literature of the Revolution and Empire, 1789-1820 |
| N |
Literature of the age of Romanticism, 1820-1850 |
| P |
Literature of the age of Realism and Symbolism, 1850-1900 |
| Q |
Early 20th-century literature, to 1940 |
| R |
Later 20th century literature, from 1940 |
| W |
French African and Caribbean literature |
| Provençal language and literature |
| XA | Provençal studies |
| XB | Provençal language |
| XC | Provençal literature generally |
| XE | Mediaeval Provençal literature to 1500 |
| XH | Modern Provençal literature from 1500 |
