This course is an introduction to 19th and 20th century French civilization, culture and literature. Various authors and works will be studied 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, students will be able to apply knowledge and understanding, make judgment, communicate and learn skills, in order to take up to Master’s Degree.
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
This first part of the course will consist of a survey of 19th and 20th century French literature, with a particular focus on aesthetic movements and literatures that marked French culture and civilization, such as Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Surrealism, WWI and WWII literature, Existentialism. The main authors, genres and movements will be examined in context through the reading and analysis of some excerpts and texts. Monographic course: Le dandy comme projection et médiation du Moi dans l’écriture romanesque du XIXème siècle | Du dandysme mondain au dandysme littéraire en France au XIXe siècle (1), Le dandysme dans l’univers romanesque du XIXe siècle (2), Les métamorphoses du dandy esthète fin de siècle (3) (6h = 1 ECTS) |
French history of literature and anthology
André LAGARDE et Laurent MICHARD (collection dirigée par), Les grands auteurs Français – Anthologie et histoire littéraire, Paris, Bordas.
tome V | XIXe siècle (pp. 7-12, 29-122, 153-220, 231-236, 303-344, 429-491, 517-528 = p. 284)
tome VI | XXe siècle (pp. 5-14, 36-54, 233-322, 371-381, 594-605, 701-739, 792-798 = p. 184)
Total : 468 pages.
Methodology
Les genres littéraires – Les registres littéraires – Fiches de méthodes | Étude du texte littéraire – Figures de style – Vocabulaire littéraire : www.etudes-litteraires.com
Yves REUTER, L’analyse du récit, 3ème édition, Paris, Armand Colin, « 128 tout le savoir », 2016, p. 120.
Monographic course: Le dandy comme projection et médiation du Moi dans l’écriture romanesque du XIXème siècle (6h)