Agnese SILVESTRI | French Literature 1 (for first-year students)
Agnese SILVESTRI French Literature 1 (for first-year students)
cod. 4312200009
FRENCH LITERATURE 1 (FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS)
| 4312200009 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | |
| 2015/2016 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2009 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/03 | 9 | 54 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE WILL HELP THE STUDENT ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRENCH NOVEL AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO PLACE THE NOVELS WITHIN THE IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THEIR TIMES. THE STUDENT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE STYLISTIC AND RHETORICAL DEVICES USED IN THE NARRATIVE, IDENTIFY THE STATUS OF THE AUTHOR, THE POINT OF VIEW ADOPTED, THE NATURE OF THE CHARACTERS AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURES. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTAL HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE EUROPEAN LITERARY CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO DESCRIBE SYNTHETICALLY THE EVOLUTION OF THE NOVEL GENRE FROM 16TH TO 20TH CENTURIES THROUGH THE ANTHOLOGICAL READING OF TEXTS, THEIR CONTEXTUALIZATION AND THEIR CRITICAL ANALYSIS. SOME PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL NOVELS, LISTED BELOW, WILL BE FOCUSED. IN GENERAL TERMS, THE COURSE WILL PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING THEMES: 1.INTRODUCTION TO THE NOTION OF NOVEL GENRE AND OF BASIC METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS, 2.AESTHETICAL NOTION OF BAROQUE, THE PHENOMENON OF PRÉCIOSITÉ (MLLE DE SCUDÉRY),REALISM IN THE BAROQUE NOVEL (SCARRON 3.LOUIS XIV’S ABSOLUTISM AND THE AESTHETICAL NOTION OF CLASSICISM; JANSENISM; MADAME DE LAFAYETTE 4.LETTER NOVEL IN THE 18TH CENTURY; PRÉVOST 5.19TH CENTURY, THE REALISM OF BALZAC 6. FROM REALISM TO NATURALISM: FLAUBERT, ZOLA 8.THE CRISIS OF NOVEL GENRE ACROSS XXTH CENTURY: PROUST. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTAL HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE EUROPEAN LITERARY CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FRENCH LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| FINAL ORAL TEST. FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE FUNDAMENTAL: WELL-SPOKEN IN THE EXPOSITION OF SPECIFIC CONCEPTS, ABILITY OF ORGANIZING A COMPLEX SPEECH ABOUT PROBLEMS, AUTHORS AND WORKS COCNERNING THE COURSE, THE KNOWLEDGE IN FRENCH LANGUAGE OF THE TEXTS STUDIED DURING THE COURSE, ABILITY OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE MAIN THEMES OF FRENCH NOVEL EVOLUTION DURING THE CENTURIES, ABILITY OF ANALYZING THE LITERARY TEXTS, THE KNOWLEDGE OF CRITICAL WORKS/ESSAIS LISTED IN THE PROGRAM. |
| Texts | |
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| MANUALE L. SOZZI (CUR.) STORIA EUROPEA DELLA LETTERATURA FRANCESE, VOL. I: PARTE TERZA: INTRODUZIONE E CAP. IV; VOL. II: PARTE QUARTA: CAP. I ; CAP. V (PARAGRAFO 3, IL ROMANZO) ; PARTE QUINTA : CAP. I, II (PARAGRAFO 8 IL REALISMO DI BALZAC), CAP. III (PARAGRAFO 2, GUSTAVE FLAUBERT); PARTE SESTA, CAP. V (PARAGRAFO 2, PROUST) OPERE NARRATIVE: MADAME DE LA FAYETTE, LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES; PRÉSENTATION ET NOTES PAR PHILIPPE SELLIER, LIBRAIRIE GÉNÉRALE FRANÇAISE, 1999 PRÉVOST, STORIA DEL CAVALIERE DES GRIEUX E DI MANON LESCAUT, A CURA DI BERETTA ANGUISSOLA, EUNO EDITORE, 2012 BALZAC, PAPÀ GORIOT, INTROD. DI FRANCESCO FIORENTINO, BUR RIZZOLI, 2011 FLAUBERT, MADAME BOVARY PROUST, DU CÔTÉ DE CHEZ SWANN, SAGGI CRITICI : PH. SELLIER , INTRODUZIONE IN LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES; LIBRAIRIE GÉNÉRALE FRANÇAISE, 1999 B. ANGUISSOLA, INTRODUZIONE IN STORIA DEL CAVALIERE DES GRIEUX E DI MANON LESCAUT, EUNO EDITORE, 2012 F. FIORENTINO, INTRODUZIONE IN BALZAC, PAPÀ GORIOT, BUR RIZZOLI, 2011 V. BROMBERT, I ROMANZI DI FLAUBERT, IL MULINO, 1989, CAP. II «MADAME BOVARY: LA TRAGEDIA DEI SOGNI», PP. 45-100 S. TERONI (A CURA DI), IL ROMANZO FRANCESE DEL NOVECENTO, LATERZA, 2008, (CAP. I, PP. 3-18) |
| More Information | |
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| FURTHER DOCUMENTS WILL BE RECOMMENDED DURING THE COURSE. |
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