French Literature 2 (for second-year students)

Vincenzo DE SANTIS French Literature 2 (for second-year students)

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2019/2020

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
Objectives
THIS COURSE INVOLVES A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE EVOLUTION OF FRENCH DRAMA. THROUGH RESPONDING TO TEXTS, STUDENTS CONSIDER HOW LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND CONVENTIONS OPERATE IN A VARIETY OF DRAMATIC WORKS AND HOW PLAYS ARE DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY THEIR IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT. WHILE GAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STYLISTIC AND DRAMATURGICAL DEVICES USED BY THE AUTHORS, STUDENTS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT FRENCH DRAMA IN A CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE AND DISCUSS EVOLUTION AND PERSISTENCY OF SPECIFIC THEATRICAL GENRES.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED THE FOLLOWING EXAMS: FRENCH LITERATURE 1 AND FRENCH LANGUAGE 1.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL THEATRE
INTRODUCTION TO RENAISSANCE THEATRE
FRENCHE XVIITH CENTURY DRAMA
THEATRE IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION
INTRODUCTION TO 20TH CENTURY THEATRE
Teaching Methods
TEACHER-LED CLASSES IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN. ANALYSIS OF EXTRACTS FROM THE DRAMATIC TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE READING LIST. STUDENTS ARE WARMLY INVITED TO ATTEND
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 DRAMA’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
CRITICAL WORKS:

O. G. BROCKETT, STORIA DEL TEATRO, A CURA DI C. VICENTINI, VENEZIA, MARSILIO, 201011, PP. 239-247; 543-551; 577-585
F. CORRADI, INTRODUZIONE AL SEICENTO FRANCESE E AL CLASSICISMO, ROMA, EDIZIONI NUOVA CULTURA, 2006 PP. 4-7 ; 25-59
P. FRANTZ, S. MARCHAND, (A CURA DI), LE THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE, PARIS, ÉDITIONS L’AVANT-SCÈNE THÉÂTRE, 2009, PP. 14-48
H. LAPLACE-CLAVERIE, S. LEDDA, F. NAUGRETTE (A CURA DI), LE THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DU XIXE SIÈCLE, ÉDITIONS L’AVANT-SCÈNE THÉÂTRE, 2008, PP. 125-160
R. ABIRACHED (A CURA DI), LE THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DU XXE SIÈCLE, ÉDITIONS L’AVANT-SCÈNE THÉÂTRE, 2011, PP. 196-202
D. GAMBELLI, IL VECCHIO AVARO NELLA COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE E IN MOLIÈRE, IN EAD., VANE CARTE. SCRITTI SU MOLIÈRE E IL TEATRO FRANCESE DEL SEICENTO, ROMA, BULZONI, 2010, PP. 47-68.

LITERARY WORKS:

J. RACINE, BAJAZET, A CURA DI V. DE SANTIS, ENNA, EUNO, 2019
MOLIÈRE, L’AVARE, IN ID., ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES, A CURA DI G. FORESTIER, PARIS, GALLIMARD, « BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA PLÉIADE », T. II, PP. 5-73
D. DIDEROT, PARADOXE SUR LE COMÉDIEN, IN ŒUVRES, A CURA DI L. VERSINI, PARIS, LAFFONT, 1996, T. IV, ESTHÉTIQUE, THÉÂTRE, PP. 1367-1426
HUGO, LUCRÈCE BORGIA, A CURA DI C. ANFRAY, PARIS, GALLIMARD, FOLIO THÉÂTRE, 2007

OTHER READINGS FOR NON ATTENDING STUDENTS (CHOOSE ONE AMONG THE THREE OPTIONS):
F. FIORENTINO, IL TEATRO FRANCESE DEL SEICENTO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2008
P. FRANTZ, L’ESTHÉTIQUE DU TABLEAU DANS LE THÉÂTRE DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE, PARIS, PUF, 1998
F. NAUGRETTE, LE THÉÂTRE ROMANTIQUE. HISTOIRE, ÉCRITURE, MISE EN SCÈNE, PARIS, SEUIL, 2001.
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