French Literature 3
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide third-year specialist students with an overview of French Literature, from Renaissance to Classicism, and offers a focus on important texts of this period. A reflection is offered on the relationship - thematic, stylistic, cultural - between period and authors considered and modernity.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge: 1) An essential framework of French Literature, from Renaissance to Classicism, according to the authors considered, 2) Understanding basic elements in order to analyse texts' structure (metrical, stylistic, theatrical and narrative devices). Skills. 1) Ability to identify the main expressive features (stylistic, thematic and structural) of every literary work and recognize the author's identity in it 2) Ability to date literary works in chronological and cultural connection with modernity, 3) Ability to use coherently critical contributions 4) Ability to read works and identify themes and formal issues.
Lesson period: First 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
First semester
Course syllabus
The course is entitled: 'Literature and déraison: from Maupassant to Surrealism'.
It is divided into 3 parts:
The splitting of the ego in "Le Horla" by G. de Maupassant
Dynamics of the unconscious in "Un amour de Swann" by M. Proust
The programme will expire in February 2024.
It is divided into 3 parts:
The splitting of the ego in "Le Horla" by G. de Maupassant
Dynamics of the unconscious in "Un amour de Swann" by M. Proust
The programme will expire in February 2024.
Prerequisites for admission
The course, which is partially taught in French, the materials and the exam bibliography presuppose literary history and critical analysis skills gained in previous courses
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: frontal lessons; reading and commenting on passages from the works indicated in the program; analysis of textual and iconographic documents that serve to support the understanding of the works.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography for attending students
Part A
- G. de Maupassant, Le Horla, texte intégral des trois versions + dossier par Christine Bénévent, Paris, Gallimard ("folioplus classiques"), 1999
- a dossier of critical texts to be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
Part B
- M. Proust, Un amour de Swann, édition de J.-Y. Tadié, Paris, Gallimard ('folio classique'), 2018
- a dossier of critical texts to be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
Part C
- A. Breton, Nadja, texte intégral + dossier par D. Carlat, Paris, Gallimard (" folioplus classiques"), 2007
- a dossier of critical texts that will be uploaded onto the Ariel platform at the end of the course
Bibliography for non-attending students
Part A
- G. de Maupassant, Le Horla, texte intégral des trois versions + dossier par Christine Bénévent, Paris, Gallimard ("folioplus classiques"), 1999
- a dossier of critical texts that will be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
- J. Malrieu comment "Le Horla" de G. de Maupassant, Paris, Gallimard ("foliothèque"), 1996
Part B
- M. Proust, Un amour de Swann, édition de J.-Y. Tadié, Paris, Gallimard ("folio classique"), 2018
- a dossier of critical texts to be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
- T. Laget comment "Un amour de Swann" de M. Proust, Paris, Gallimard ("foliothèque"), 1991
Part C
- A. Breton, Nadja, texte intégral + dossier par D. Carlat, Paris, Gallimard (" folioplus classiques"), 2007
- a dossier of critical texts that will be uploaded onto the Ariel platform at the end of the course
- P. Mourier-Casile commente "Nadja" d'A. Breton, Paris, Gallimard ("foliothèque"), 1994
Part A
- G. de Maupassant, Le Horla, texte intégral des trois versions + dossier par Christine Bénévent, Paris, Gallimard ("folioplus classiques"), 1999
- a dossier of critical texts to be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
Part B
- M. Proust, Un amour de Swann, édition de J.-Y. Tadié, Paris, Gallimard ('folio classique'), 2018
- a dossier of critical texts to be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
Part C
- A. Breton, Nadja, texte intégral + dossier par D. Carlat, Paris, Gallimard (" folioplus classiques"), 2007
- a dossier of critical texts that will be uploaded onto the Ariel platform at the end of the course
Bibliography for non-attending students
Part A
- G. de Maupassant, Le Horla, texte intégral des trois versions + dossier par Christine Bénévent, Paris, Gallimard ("folioplus classiques"), 1999
- a dossier of critical texts that will be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
- J. Malrieu comment "Le Horla" de G. de Maupassant, Paris, Gallimard ("foliothèque"), 1996
Part B
- M. Proust, Un amour de Swann, édition de J.-Y. Tadié, Paris, Gallimard ("folio classique"), 2018
- a dossier of critical texts to be uploaded on the Ariel platform at the end of the course
- T. Laget comment "Un amour de Swann" de M. Proust, Paris, Gallimard ("foliothèque"), 1991
Part C
- A. Breton, Nadja, texte intégral + dossier par D. Carlat, Paris, Gallimard (" folioplus classiques"), 2007
- a dossier of critical texts that will be uploaded onto the Ariel platform at the end of the course
- P. Mourier-Casile commente "Nadja" d'A. Breton, Paris, Gallimard ("foliothèque"), 1994
Assessment methods and Criteria
The oral exam - which must be given in French - consists of an interview on the different parts of the programme. The discussion will start with the reading and commentary of a passage (chosen by the teacher) from one of the literary texts in question, and will then extend to the other subjects in the programme. The exam will be aimed at assessing the ability to comment on a literary text, to frame it within the work and poetics of its author and to insert it in a broader historical-cultural context, comparing it with the other texts included in the program.
The final mark is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it (in this case it will be recorded as "withdrawn")
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to promptly contact the teacher in charge of the course.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office.
The final mark is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it (in this case it will be recorded as "withdrawn")
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to promptly contact the teacher in charge of the course.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office.
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