The French Renaissance.

1) the first question is- what did Gerard Defaux mean by "The Myth of The Renaissance"?
the article ---> Gérard Defaux, « Facing the Marot’s generation » MLN, Vol. 119, No. 1, (Jan., 2004), pp. S299-
S326.
2) the second question is- text analysis of the French Poet Joachim Du Bellay sonnet 9 of "les regrets".
in this question you need to address the following: if The speaker is imaginary or real, the subject: the
characteristics (affiliation with an ideological or religious movement or other at the time of the text), the
presentation of the text: is it rhetoric?, what is the style, vocabulary, grammatical forms (active form),
repetitions, accents that are being used?, metaphors or cliché? what is your impression? any emotional
reaction to the text? and finally, Summary.
https://www.etudier.com/dissertations/Sonnet-9-Du-Bellay-Les-Regrets/590666.html -----> this is a link in french
that you will be able to translate into english. might help with the writing.