Unit FRENCH LITERATURE I
- Course
- Foreign languages and cultures
- Study-unit Code
- GP004914
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Susanna Alessandrelli
- Teachers
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- Susanna Alessandrelli
- Hours
- 54 ore - Susanna Alessandrelli
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Letterature straniere
- Academic discipline
- L-LIN/03
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- italian
- Contents
- The course is an introduction to French Literature from the 18th to the 20th centuries, and to the related cultural and artistic movements. Students will acquire theoretical and methodogical skills for literary and linguistic analysis of the selected texts.
The major authors and the related literary movements will be studied through the selection of anthological passages. - Reference texts
- Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, édition de Jean Starobinski, Paris, Gallimard, Folio classique , 2016.
and
Voltaire, Candide ou l’optimisme, (Texte integral+ dossier par Alain Sandrier), Paris, Gallimard, Folioplus, Classiques, 2019.
or
Prévost, Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, (Édition préfacée, annotée et commentée par Jean M.Goulemot), Paris, Livre de Poche, 2008.
Module B
Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal / I fiori del male, con Introduzione di Luca Pietromarchi , Venezia, Marsilio, 2007. (Le poesie scelte saranno indicate a lezione e inserite sulla piattafoma unistudium).
and
Gustave Flaubert, Un cœur simple, (Préface d’Albert Thibaudet), Paris, Gallimard Folio, 2015.
Module C
Natahlie Sarraute, Enfance, (Texte intégral + dossier par Fanny Gayon),Paris, Gallimard, Folioplus Classiques, 2004.
Jean-Paul Sartre, L’Enfance d’un chef, Paris, Gallimard, folio, 2019.
Recommended readings for literary analysis :
Storia europea della letteratura francese,
vol. 2, Dal Settecento all'età contemporanea, curato da L. Sozzi, Torino, Einaudi, 2013; - Educational objectives
- At the end of the first year, the student must acquire the following knowledge:
- literary history from the 18th to the 20th centuries;
- the principal of the literary movements that develop in the indicated time span;
The main skills to apply to knowledge are the following:
- the ability to critically place a work and a literary movement;
- ability to read, translate and analyze the texts studied.
- analysis skills (thematic, stylistic and structural) of the texts in the program. - Prerequisites
In order to understand literary and critical language, students need a good knowledge of the evolution of French Literature from the 18th to the 20th centuries, so as an appropriated level of french language.- Teaching methods
- The evolution of history of french literature of XVIII, XIX and XX centuries will be introduced through a set of anthological readings and critical texts exposed during lessons and made available for students on Unistudium platform. Students will also be invited to participate actively to the presentation of critical readings coordinated with the teacher.
For a thorough examination of the topics, students will also be provided with some websites in order to access to works or monographs, on-line magazines or other documents about the studied program.
The course consists in lectures organised in the following three modules :
1. Introduction to literary history of XVIII century through anthological readings with special attention to the authors of XVIII century included in the program.
2. Introduction to literary history of XIX century through anthological readings with special attention to the authors of XIX century included in the program.
3. Introduction to literary history of XX century through anthological readings with special attention to the authors of XX century included in the program.
All works and related critics included in the course program will be read in the full french version recommended by the teacher.
It is strongly recommend to attend lessons. Attending students have the opportunity of direct and regular confrontation with teacher. The class promotes a better understanding of the discussed topics. - Other information
- Students will find regularly on Unistudium platform the teaching material as an integral part of the course program.
Students with specific learning disabilities are invited to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course in order to identify all necessary tools for a profitable course.
Students will find timetable of reception on the teacher’s webpage. - Learning verification modality
- The examination consists in a single oral test focused on topics and authors studied during the lessons based on the texts included in the program.
The test will assess the level of knowledge, understanding and critical analysis of students and their ability to expose the acquired knowledges with appropriate language.
The duration of examination varies following the performance of the test. - Extended program
- 1. Introduction to literary history of XVIII century through anthological readings with special attention to the authors of XVIII century included in the program.
2. Introduction to literary history of XIX century through anthological readings with special attention to the authors of XIX century included in the program.
3. Introduction to literary history of XX century through anthological readings with special attention to the authors of XX century included in the program.
All works and related critics included in the course program will be read in the full french version recommended by the teacher.
It is strongly recommend to attend lessons. Attending students have the opportunity of direct and regular confrontation with teacher. The class promotes a better understanding of the discussed topics.
Module A
Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, édition de Jean Starobinski, Paris, Gallimard, Folio classique, 2016.
and
Voltaire, Candide ou l’optimisme, ( Texte integral+ dossier par Alain Sandrier), Paris, Gallimard, Folioplus, Classiques, 2019.
or
Prévost, Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut,( Édition préfacée, annotée et commentée par Jean M.Goulemot), Paris, Livre de Poche, 2008.
Module B
Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal / I fiori del male, con Introduzione di Luca Pietromarchi , Venezia, Marsilio, 2007. (Le poesie scelte saranno indicate a lezione e inserite sulla piattafoma unistudium).
and
Gustave Flaubert, Un cœur simple, ( Préface d’Albert Thibaudet), Paris, Gallimard Folio, 2015.
Module C
Natahlie Sarraute, Enfance, (Texte intégral + dossier par Fanny Gayon),Paris, Gallimard, Folioplus Classiques, 2004.
Jean-Paul Sartre, L’Enfance d’un chef, Paris, Gallimard, folio, 2019.
Recommended texts for literary analysis:
Storia europea della letteratura francese, vol. 2, Dal Settecento all'età contemporanea, curato da L. Sozzi, Torino, Einaudi, 2013;
Bibliography
Other critical studies that the student may use to complete the preparation :
La Civiltà letteraria francese del Settecento, a cura di Gianni Iotti, Bari Laterza, 2009;
Il Romanzo francese dell'Ottocento, a cura di Anna Maria Scaiola, Bari, Laterza, 2009;
La Poesia francese 1815-1918 a cura di Luca Pietromarchi, Bari, Laterza, 2011;
Antologia Cronologica della Letteratura francese, voll. IV, V, VI, Milano, LED, 1998;
Histoire de la littérature française: 'De l'Encyclopédie aux Méditations'; 'De Chateaubriand à Apollinaire'; 'Du Surréalisme à l'empire de la critique', Paris, Gallimard, 1996-1998.