French Culture I
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The aim of the course it to provide the student with several instruments to face the study and the research of some of the aspects of the French contemporary culture. At first, the student will be given a historic and sociological overview of the suburbs from the end of the Second World War until nowadays. Afterwards, we will focus on the literary and artistic representation from the Eighties until the recent literary phenomenon of the "banlieue literature". We will start from the historical-political contextualization in order to analyze the cultural roots and concentrate on some aspects that have conditioned the evolution of those places.
Expected learning outcomes
During the lessons the student will develop his skills through texts and videos in French, as well as his communicative abilities throughout the presentation and discussion of written texts and multimedia productions. It will be encouraged a critical thinking thanks to discussions, debates and group work.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course aims to retrace some itineraries of feminism in France in the 20th and 21st centuries from the perspective of its cultural declinations, in particular literature and cinema. The aim of the course is to question the reception of feminist discourse, critically analysing the different ways in which feminism has been conveyed and represented, and highlighting the controversies and challenges arising from the encounter between art and politics. The first part of the course will focus on the relationship between feminism and literature, through the analysis of authors emblematic of the literary battle of women, from Simone de Beauvoir to Violette Leduc, up to contemporary authors such as Annie Ernaux and Virginie Despentes. The second part will focus instead on the transposition of feminist discourse into images, showing how not only the cinema of Agnès Varda and Chantal Akerman is a vehicle for a political message, but also how feminist engagement becomes a privileged instrument of aesthetic and artistic research.
Prerequisites for admission
A general knowledge of the main historical and cultural events in 20th century France as well as knowledge of the French language is required
Teaching methods
The course will be conducted through lessons in which the exposition of topics will be accompanied by the analysis of textual and multimedia documents.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography for attending students
Reine Prat, Exploser le plafond: précis de féminisme à l'usage du monde de la culture, Éditions rue de l'échiquier, 2021
Agathe de Taillandier, Une bibliothèque féministe, L'iconoclaste éditions, 2021
A selection of texts by the lecturer will be available on the course page.
Bibliography for non-attending students
Caroline Fayolle, Le féminisme: histoire et actualité, Clermont-Ferrand, Presses universitaires Blaise Pascal, coll. "L'opportune", 2018
Geneviève Fraisse, La fabrique du féminisme. Textes et entretiens, Le passager clandestin, coll. Essais, 2012
Reine Prat, Exploser le plafond: précis de féminisme à l'usage du monde de la culture, Éditions rue de l'échiquier, 2021
A selection of essays and texts edited by the lecturer will be available on the course page
Non-attending students are invited to contact the lecturer before taking the examination.
Reine Prat, Exploser le plafond: précis de féminisme à l'usage du monde de la culture, Éditions rue de l'échiquier, 2021
Agathe de Taillandier, Une bibliothèque féministe, L'iconoclaste éditions, 2021
A selection of texts by the lecturer will be available on the course page.
Bibliography for non-attending students
Caroline Fayolle, Le féminisme: histoire et actualité, Clermont-Ferrand, Presses universitaires Blaise Pascal, coll. "L'opportune", 2018
Geneviève Fraisse, La fabrique du féminisme. Textes et entretiens, Le passager clandestin, coll. Essais, 2012
Reine Prat, Exploser le plafond: précis de féminisme à l'usage du monde de la culture, Éditions rue de l'échiquier, 2021
A selection of essays and texts edited by the lecturer will be available on the course page
Non-attending students are invited to contact the lecturer before taking the examination.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The examination will be oral and will start with the analysis of a document from those read in class and then develop into questions on the contexts and topics considered in the course.
L-LIN/03 - FRENCH LITERATURE - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professors:
Capotorti Roberta, Testa Giorgia
Professor(s)