Besides offering a broad perspective in historical and literary terms, the course, with the analysis of highly significant texts, is intended to provide basic methodological capacities (philological, or thematic, or narratological, or semiotic, or linguistic) for the analysis of the literary text.
Course Prerequisites
French Literature 2: students must have passed the first-year French Literature Examination.
French Literature 3: modern Language students must have passed the second-year French Literature Examination. Students from other disciplines whose knowledge of French is not up to standard are required to have passed the Language examination before taking the Literature Exam
Teaching Methods
Lectures and laboratories
For students in need, the teacher will provide the most efficient support depending on the case, taking into account each other's requirements.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam, in French. The exam aims at testing the student's knowledge of French and of the topics discussed during the course.
Texts
Bibliography for those attending lectures: - Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris, Folio classique -Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve, Folio
Bibliography for those unable to attend lectures: - Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris, Folio classique -Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve, Folio - Abastado, Ionesco, Bordas - Bernard, Le passé recomposé: le roman historique français du 19e siècle, Garnier, 2021. - Maigron, Le roman historique à l'époque romantique: essai sur l'influence de Walter Scott, Slatkine, 1970 Part of the material for Victor Hugo's lectures will be uploaded to Kiro on the course page, and additional bibliography will be indicated later according to the lecturer's instructions.
Contents
Lecture and analysis of: - Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris (prof.ssa Codena) - Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve (prof. Fortunati) French Literature 2: Students are expected to study the history of 19th and 20th century French Literature, making use of the following text book: Bertini, Accornero, Bongiovanni, Giachino, Lire, II, Einaudi scuola.. Students will also have to read two works (in French) belonging to different centuries ( XIX and XX ) to be chosen from a reading list available on platform kiro. French Literature 3: Students will also have to read four works (in French) belonging to different centuries ( XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX ) to be chosen from a reading list available on platform kiro.
Course Language
French
More information
The course will be supplemented by a seminar on literary history of the 19th and 20th century, intended for French Literature 2 students. Information about these lectures will be communicated during the course.
