Francophones Literatures

The course of Francophone Literatures chooses to focus on a different Francophony each academic year, presenting itself as a specialization training with respect to the literary courses of French of the Bachelor's Degree. For this academic year, francophone Caribbean will be focused. In addition to providing broad outlines of literary historical evolution of the Francophone Literature object of the course (with possible references to pre-acquired knowledge in French literature), lessons will focus, from time to time, on a specific topic. On the one hand, therefore, students will learn how to define a part of the history of literature; on the other hand, a monographic topic will always be focused on probing forms and contents of a genre of a Francophone literature; so the student will learn to use refined textual analysis tools and will become aware of the fact that starting from the analysis of literary works is It is possible to recognize and define a cultural and historical specificity of the Francophone universe.

Knowledge and understanding: students will learn how to define a literary path, starting from the works and the historical, cultural and artistic framework of a defined period. Students will also have deepened the functioning of the narratology tools that allow the analysis of the literary text avoiding impressionistic readings. They will also have acquired knowledge of the historical-cultural evolution of Francophone Caribbean (Haiti, Martinique, Guadalupe, French Guiana) through some exemplary texts and verified the interaction between Literature and other disciplines (Anthropology, Cultural studies, History, Geography). Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: capacity for critical interpretation and interpretative autonomy applicable to any type of literary text. Opening of the student's subjective point of view in the direction of the culture of the other. Ability to set up transversal readings in the cultural, linguistic, artistic and historical-social frameworks, so to be able to compare different cultures in depth and to listen to cultures that are also significantly distant from those to which we belong.