Agnese SILVESTRI | FRENCH LITERATURE IV
Agnese SILVESTRI FRENCH LITERATURE IV
cod. TU24100008
FRENCH LITERATURE IV
| TU24100008 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF7 | |
| MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES | |
| 2025/2026 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/03 | 9 | 45 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE IS CONCEIVED AS A RESEARCH SEMINAR ENHANCING PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED SKILLS. IT IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FRENCH LITERATURE, OFFERING AN INITIATION TO RESEARCH ON A SPECIFIC THEME OR CHRONOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING -BE AWARE OF THE MAIN CRITICAL POSITIONS REGARDING THE THEMES OF THE COURSE -UNDERSTAND FRENCH LITERARY HISTORY -LEARN IN DEPTH THE MAIN AESTHETIC-LITERARY MOVEMENTS OF FRENCH MODERNITY -LEARN THE METHODOLOGIES TO ANALYSE LITERARY TEXTS, ALSO THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE CRITICAL DEBATE IN THE LITERARY AND CULTURAL FIELD APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING -CARRY OUT RESEARCH ON LITERARY THEMES -ANALYSE FROM THE PHILOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW DIFFERENT TEXTUAL FORMS (MANUSCRIPTS, DOCUMENTS, ETC.) AND REFLECT ON THEIR POSSIBLE EDITION -INDEPENDENTLY APPLY AND/OR DEVELOP CRITICAL TECHNIQUES AND APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGIES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXTS MAKING JUDGEMENTS -HAVE A CRITICAL APPROACH TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES -DEVELOP AUTONOMOUS CRITICAL DISCOURSES SUPPORTED BY THE STUDY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES COMMUNICATION SKILLS -ORGANIZE A COMPLEX DISCOURSE (BOTH WRITTEN AND ORAL) ABOUT PROBLEMS, AUTHORS AND WORKS, USING EXAMPLES FROM LITERATURE IN THE SYLLABUS THAT REINFORCE THEIR VALIDITY AND EXPLAIN THEIR COMPLEX OPERATIONS -EXPRESS, IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THE COURSE LEARNING SKILLS -USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND ONLINE DATABASES -CARRY OUT RESEARCH, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX LITERARY AND PARA-LITERARY TEXTS -CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND THE CORRECT I.T. TOOLS |
| Prerequisites | |
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| THIS IS AN ADVANCED CLASS. STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE FOLLOWING EXAMS: FRENCH LITERATURE 1, 2, 3; AND FRENCH LANGUAGE 1, 2, 3. |
| Contents | |
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| MORALES DE LA FICTION LITTERAIRE AU XIXE SIECLE THE COURSE ATTEMPTS, ON THE ONE HAND, TO REFLECT ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND ETHICAL VALUES IN THE CURRENT CRITICAL DEBATE; ON THE OTHER HAND, TO MEASURE, PARTICULARLY IN THE NOVEL AND SHORT STORY OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE DIFFERENT CHOICES MADE BY AUTHORS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF GOOD AND EVIL. THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED: - THE QUESTION OF MORAL JUDGMENT IN LITERATURE: ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY ENJEUX (8H) - THE AUTONOMIZATION OF AESTHETIC JUDGMENT AND THE DANGER OF A REDUCTIVE CONCEPTION OF LITERATURE (8H) - THE RECEPTION OF MORAL JUDGMENT AND THE DANGER OF CENSORIOUS OBSCURANTISM (8H) - THE POINT OF VIEW OF #METOO IN LITERARY CRITICS (8 H) - AESTHETIC DIFFICULTIES OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE GOOD (8HRS) - PRESENTATION AND COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION OF ANALYSES ADVANCED BY STUDENTS (4H) |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| TEACHER-LED CLASSES (45 HOURS IN FRENCH). ACTIVE LECTURE, INTERACTIVE LESSONS, COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE TASKS. STUDENTS ARE WARMLY INVITED TO ATTEND REGULARLY. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| FINAL ORAL TESTING IN FRENCH. ALL THE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED FLUENCY IN THE EXPOSITION OF SPECIFIC CONCEPTS, ABILITY OF ORGANIZING A COMPLEX SPEECH ABOUT PROBLEMS, AUTHORS AND WORKS DISCUSSED IN THE COURSE AND USE DIFFERENT CRITICAL APPROACHES. THE KNOWLEDGE OF CRITICAL WORKS/ESSAYS LISTED IN THE PROGRAMME IS ALSO NEEDED. THE EVALUATION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT : - THE QUALITY OF PRESENTATION, CORRECT USE OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE - THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF INFORMATION - THE ABILITY TO CREATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT TOPICS BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAMME - INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM MARK IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DEAL WITH ORIGINAL (OR NOT EXPRESSLY DEALT WITH IN CLASS) TOPICS AND TO PRESENT THEIR CONSIDERATIONS USING EXAMPLES TAKEN FROM WORKS EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT EXPRESSLY INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONAL PARTIAL EXAMS: A MIDTERM TEXT FOCUSING ON THE THEORETICAL ISSUES OF THE DEBATE ADDRESSED IN THIS COURSE, AND A FINAL TEXT TOWARDS THE END OF THE COURSE, FOCUSING ON TEXT ANALYSIS. STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE BOTH PARTIAL EXAMS DO NOT NEED TO TAKE THE ORAL FINAL. THE PARTIAL AND FINAL EXAMS ARE IN FRENCH. |
| Texts | |
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| NOVELS: -BALZAC, L’ENVERS DE L’HISTOIRE CONTEMPORAINE -BARBEY D’AUREVILLY, LE BONHEUR DANS LE CRIME (LES DIABOLIQUES) -MÉRIMÉE, CARMEN -FLAUBERT, UN CŒUR SIMPLE (TROIS CONTES) -SAND, LA MARE AU DIABLE CRITICAL ESSAYS: -PAOLO TORTONESE, LA FAUTE AU ROMAN. LITTÉRATURE ET MORALE, VRIN, 2023 (P. 7-35 ; 56-89 ; 117-126 ; 139-170) -ALEXANDRE GEFEN, L’IDÉE DE LITTÉRATURE. DE L’ART POUR L’ART AUX ÉCRITURES D’INTERVENTION, CORTI, 2021, « INTRODUCTION » (P. 9-40) -MARIE-JEANNE ZENETTI, « QUE FAIT #METOO À LA LITTÉRATURE ? », REVUE CRITIQUE DE FIXXION FRANÇAISE CONTEMPORAINE [EN LIGNE], 24 | 2022, À L’ADRESSE HTTPS://JOURNALS.OPENEDITION.ORG/FIXXION/2148 -BERTRAND MARQUER ET VICTOIRE FEUILLEBOIS, « LE XIXE SIÈCLE, HÉLAS ! », FABULA / LES COLLOQUES, LE XIXE SIÈCLE : ACTUEL OU INTEMPESTIF ? (DIR. VICTOIRE FEUILLEBOIS, BERTRAND MARQUER), 2024, À L’ADRESSE URL : HTTP://WWW.FABULA.ORG/COLLOQUES/DOCUMENT13337.PHP -TZVETAN TODOROV, LA LITTÉRATURE EN PÉRIL, CHAMPS ESSAIS, 2014 (P. 27-36 ; 69-92) -PATRIZIA OPPICI, « PHILANTHROPIE, BIENFAISANCE ET CHARITÉ DANS LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE », DANS MATHILDE BERTRAND, PAOLO TORTONESE (DIR.), LE BIEN. ÉDIFICATION, EXEMPLE ET SCANDALE DANS LE ROMAN DU XIXE SIÈCLE, PRESSES SORBONNE NOUVELLE, 2017, P.33-45 -ANTONIA FONYI « «À PRÉSENT, JE N’AIME PLUS RIEN ». CARMEN : L’ARCHÈ ENTREVUE PAR UNE LACUNE DU RÉCIT », CAHIERS MÉRIMÉE, N° 12, 2020, (P. 37-55) -PIERRE GLAUDES, « INTRODUCTION », J. BARBEY D’AUREVILLY, LES DIABOLIQUES, LE LIVRE DE POCHE, 1999 (P.7-39) -PIERRE-MARC DE BIASI, « PRÉSENTATION », FLAUBERT, TROIS CONTES, GARNIER FLAMMARION, 2009, (P.7-17 ; 24-31) -AGNESE SILVESTRI, «“BIEN ÉCRIRE EST TOUT” : SAND ET FLAUBERT AUX PRISES AVEC LA VÉRITÉ DE LA LITTÉRATURE», DANS JULIE ANSELMNI, FRANÇOISE SIMONET-TENANT, TRAJETS ÉPISTOLAIRES. HOMMAGE À BRIGITTE DIAZ, PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE ROUEN ET DU HAVRE, 2021, P. 59-69. |
| More Information | |
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| EXTRA READINGS FOR STUDENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE CLASS: PAVEL, LA PENSÉE DU ROMAN, GALLIMARD, « FOLIO-ESSAIS », 2014 (P. 325-334 ; 357-380) ALINE LEBEL, LUCIEN DERAINNE, PAOLO TORTONESE, «DÉBAT CRITIQUE AUTOUR DU LIVRE DE PAOLO TORTONESE, LA FAUTE AU ROMAN. LITTÉRATURE ET MORALE», ROMANTISME, N. 207, 2025, (P. 133-155) BARBARA CARNEVALI, EMILIANO CAVALIERE, KATIE EBNER-LANDY, « INTRODUCTION » À EN DEÇÀ DU BIEN ET DU MAL. MORALES DE LA LITTÉRATURE DE LA RENAISSANCE À L’ÂGE CONTEMPORAIN, PARIS, HERMANN, 2024 (P.5-24) MARTA C. NUSSBAUM, L’ART D’ÊTRE JUSTE, PARIS, CLIMATS/FLAMMARION, [1995] 2015, (CH. 1, « L’IMAGINATION LITTÉRAIRE », P. 27-48) CAROLE TALON-HUGON, « L’ÉDIFICATION EN LITTÉRATURE : FINALITÉ ÉTHIQUES ET IMPÉRATIFS ARTISTIQUES », DANS MATHILDE BERTRAND, PAOLO TORTONESE (DIR.), LE BIEN. ÉDIFICATION, EXEMPLE ET SCANDALE DANS LE ROMAN DU XIXE SIÈCLE, PRESSES SORBONNE NOUVELLE, 2017, P.33-45 |
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