This course is an introduction to French civilization, culture and literature from the Middle Ages to 18th century. We will study various authors, works from different genres and the main literary movements that marked those centuries. Students will be provided with the linguistic, stylistic and critical tools suited to the analysis of anthological texts. Thanks to this course, we are able to apply knowledge and understanding, make judgement, communicate and learn skills.
After a brief introduction to the Middle Ages, the first part of the course will consist of a survey of 16th, 17th and 18th French literature, with a particular focus on important periods in French civilization, such as Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism and Enlightenment. The main authors, genres and movements will be examined in context through the reading and analysis of some excerpts and texts.
Anthology: Close reading of at least 22 anthological texts (selected by teacher)
Series of lectures on the committed orientalism of the eighteenth century : Le regard étranger de Montesquieu. L’Occident vu par l’Orient durant le siècle des Lumières
Monographic course : Corneille, Racine, Molière et le théâtre du XVIIe siècle
After a brief introduction to the Middle Ages, the first part of the course will consist of a survey of 16th, 17th and 18th French literature, with a particular focus on important periods in French civilization, such as Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism and Enlightenment. The main authors, genres and movements will be examined in context through the reading and analysis of some excerpts and texts.
Anthology: Close reading of at least 22 anthological texts (selected by teacher)
Series of lectures on the committed orientalism of the eighteenth century : Le regard étranger de Montesquieu. L’Occident vu par l’Orient durant le siècle des Lumières
Monographic course : Corneille, Racine, Molière et le théâtre du XVIIe siècle
Histoire littéraire et anthologie
André LAGARDE et Laurent MICHARD (collection dirigée par), Les grands auteurs Français – Anthologie et histoire littéraire, Paris, Bordas.
Méthodologie
5. Yves REUTER, L’analyse du récit, 3ème édition, Paris, Armand Colin, « 128 tout le savoir », 2016.
Approfondissement : Le regard étranger de Montesquieu. L’Occident vu par l’Orient durant le siècle des Lumières
6. Montesquieu, « Lettres 24, 29, 37, 38, 82, 88, 99, 104 et 105 », dans Les Lettres persanes – texte intégral + dossier par Alain Sandrier, Paris, Gallimard, « folioplus classiques », 2006.
Cours monographique : Corneille, Racine, Molière et le théâtre du XVIIe siècle
Voir Corneille, Racine & Molière sur l’ouvrage de référence André LAGARDE et Laurent MICHARD (collection dirigée par), Les grands auteurs Français – Anthologie et histoire littéraire, tome III, XVIIe siècle, Paris, Bordas. [Facultatif et pour en savoir plus lire Francesco FIORENTINO, Il teatro francese del Seicento, Bari, Laterza, 2008, ou consulter Le théâtre du XVIIe siècle sur http://17emesiecle.free.fr/Theatre.php