French Culture I
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims to guide the knowledge of the general lines of the history of French culture of the twentieth and twenty-first century, in relation to changes in social and political contexts.
Expected learning outcomes
Ability to describe cultural phenomena and to insert them in their historical-social context.
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 programme is entitled: "Culture and identity in France between the 20th and 21st centuries"
After providing a broad overview of France's cultural history from the early 20th century to the present day, the course will focus on analysing the privileged role that culture plays in French identity discourse.
After providing a broad overview of France's cultural history from the early 20th century to the present day, the course will focus on analysing the privileged role that culture plays in French identity discourse.
Prerequisites for admission
No previous knowledge is required.
Teaching methods
The course will be conducted through lectures in which the exposition of the topics will be supported by the analysis of textual, iconographic and multimedia documents.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography for attending and non-attending students
- F. Taliano-Des Garets, Un siècle d'histoire culturelle de 1914 à nos jours, Paris, Armand Colin, 2019
- V. Martigny, Dire la France. Culture(s) et identités nationales 1981-1995, Paris, Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 2016
- a dossier of textual, iconographic and multimedia materials that will be uploaded on the Ariel platform
- F. Taliano-Des Garets, Un siècle d'histoire culturelle de 1914 à nos jours, Paris, Armand Colin, 2019
- V. Martigny, Dire la France. Culture(s) et identités nationales 1981-1995, Paris, Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 2016
- a dossier of textual, iconographic and multimedia materials that will be uploaded on the Ariel platform
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be oral and will start with the analysis of a document (among those studied in class), and then expand to the more general contexts and themes considered during the course.
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