FRENCH LITERATURE

Vincenzo DE SANTIS FRENCH LITERATURE

0322100016
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2018/2019

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THIS COURSE INVOLVES A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE EVOLUTION OF FRENCH POETRY. THROUGH RESPONDING TO SELECTION OF POEMS PRESENTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, STUDENTS CONSIDER THE EVOLUTION OF POETICAL LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND CONVENTIONS. WHILE GAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STYLISTIC AND RHETORICAL DEVICES USED BY THE AUTHORS, STUDENTS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT FRENCH POETRY IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND DISCUSS EVOLUTION AND PERSISTENCY OF SPECIFIC POETICAL THEMES.
Prerequisites
A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO 16TH CENTURY POETRY
POETRY DURING FRENCH ABSOLUTISM
POETRY IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT: CHÉNIER
ROMANTIC AND POST-ROMANTIC POETRY
POETRY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Teaching Methods
TEACHER-LED CLASSES (42 HOURS). ACTIVE LECTURE, INTERACTIVE LESSONS, COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE TASKS.
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL TESTING. 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. STUDENTS’ ABILITY OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE MAIN THEMES OF FRENCH POETRY’S EVOLUTION AND ANALYSING LITERARY TEXTS WILL ALSO BE TESTED. THE KNOWLEDGE OF CRITICAL WORKS/ESSAYS LISTED IN THE PROGRAMME IS ALSO NEEDED. LITERARY WORKS MUST BE READ IN FRENCH.
Texts
THE STUDENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A SELECTION OF POEMS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE.
L. SOZZI (A CURA DI), STORIA EUROPEA DELLA LETTERATURA FRANCESE, EINAUDI, 2013 (VOL I, PP. 139-143; 209-213); VOL II: 75-85).
F. CORRADI, INTRODUZIONE AL SEICENTO FRANCESE E AL CLASSICISMO, ROMA, NUOVA CULTURA, 2006, THE CHAPTER ON POETRY.
L. PIETROMARCHI, LA POESIA FRANCESE 1814-1914, LATERZA 2012
H. FRIEDRICH, LA STRUTTURA DELLA LIRICA MODERNA, MILANO, GARZANTI, 2002
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OTHER READINGS SHALL BE PROVIDED DURING THE SEMESTER
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