One of the main aims of this Course of Study is to provide students with advanced knowledge of two foreign literatures related to the two languages of their choice, paying special attention to intercultural and transcultural dynamics. The course also aims at refining their ability to interpret cultural phenomena, using the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
French Literature II is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It allows students to deepen their knowledge of seventeenth and eighteenth century French literature, with special attention to intercultural dynamics and the theoretical-methodological debate; it helps students master the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will reach a good critical ability in the interpretation of exemplary texts in the original language, as well as the necessary competence for oral rewording, translation, rewriting and adaptation in Italian of the texts themselves. They will also be able to re-elaborate and communicate disciplinary knowledge in a specialized and non-specialized intercultural context.
Pre-requisite: French Literature I; French Language and Translation I
French Literature II is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It allows students to deepen their knowledge of seventeenth and eighteenth century French literature, with special attention to intercultural dynamics and the theoretical-methodological debate; it helps students master the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will reach a good critical ability in the interpretation of exemplary texts in the original language, as well as the necessary competence for oral rewording, translation, rewriting and adaptation in Italian of the texts themselves. They will also be able to re-elaborate and communicate disciplinary knowledge in a specialized and non-specialized intercultural context.
Pre-requisite: French Literature I; French Language and Translation I
teacher profile teaching materials
- Storia europea della letteratura francese, a cura di Lionello Sozzi, Torino, Einaudi, vol. I, pp. 239-292 e pp. 413-484.
- Gianni Iotti, La civiltà letteraria francese del Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
- Lagarde, Michard, XVIII siècle, Paris, Bordas.
2. Novels.
- Cyrano de Bergerac, L'autre monde, Paris, Gallimard, Folio classique, 2004, pp.43-160. (even in any italian translation)
- Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, Paris, Gallimard, Folio.
- Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Paris, Gallimard, Folio.
3. Critical essays.
- Giovanni Marchi, "Cyrano o l’ ‘imagination en liberté’", in Id., L’immaginazione in libertà, Napoli, Liguori, 1985, pp. 11-21.
- Tzvetan Todorov, L'Esprit des Lumières, Paris, Laffont - Le livre de poche, 2006.
- Gambelli, Norci, Pompejano, Il romanzo epistolare in Francia nel Settecento, Roma, Biblink, 2008.
Programme
The French novel between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Core Documentation
1. History of Literature.- Storia europea della letteratura francese, a cura di Lionello Sozzi, Torino, Einaudi, vol. I, pp. 239-292 e pp. 413-484.
- Gianni Iotti, La civiltà letteraria francese del Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
- Lagarde, Michard, XVIII siècle, Paris, Bordas.
2. Novels.
- Cyrano de Bergerac, L'autre monde, Paris, Gallimard, Folio classique, 2004, pp.43-160. (even in any italian translation)
- Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, Paris, Gallimard, Folio.
- Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Paris, Gallimard, Folio.
3. Critical essays.
- Giovanni Marchi, "Cyrano o l’ ‘imagination en liberté’", in Id., L’immaginazione in libertà, Napoli, Liguori, 1985, pp. 11-21.
- Tzvetan Todorov, L'Esprit des Lumières, Paris, Laffont - Le livre de poche, 2006.
- Gambelli, Norci, Pompejano, Il romanzo epistolare in Francia nel Settecento, Roma, Biblink, 2008.
Type of delivery of the course
Lectures.Type of evaluation
Oral exam in praesentia and/or online (through Microsoft Teams). teacher profile teaching materials
Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Paris, Gallimard/Folio or other French Edition
Programme
The French Epistolary Novel in XVIII CenturyCore Documentation
Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, Paris, Gallimard/Folio or other French EditionLaclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Paris, Gallimard/Folio or other French Edition
Reference Bibliography
Gambelli, Norci, Pompejano, Il Romanzo epistolare in Francia nel Settecento, Roma Biblink, 2008Type of delivery of the course
Taught Class and Group worksType of evaluation
Learning assessment takes place through an oral test in Italian and French Language