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, 413-484.
La civiltà letteraria francese del Settecento, a cura di Gianni Iotti, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
André Lagarde, Laurent Michard, XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Bordas, qualsiasi edizione.
2. Testi
Jean Racine, Phèdre, édition de Raymond Picard, [Paris], Gallimard, coll. Folio classique, 2000.
Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, édition présentée, établie et annotée par Jean Starobinski, [Paris], Gallimard, coll. Folio classique, 2003.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, introduction, notes, bibliographie et chronologie par René Pomeau, Paris, Flammarion, coll. GF, 2006.
3. Approfondimenti e testi critici
Paul Bénichou, Morales du Grand Siècle, Paris, Gallimard, coll. Folio essais, 1988.
Delia Gambelli, Letizia Norci Cagiano, Valeria Pompejano, Il romanzo epistolare in Francia nel Settecento, Roma, Biblink, 2008.
Tzvetan Todorov, L’Esprit des Lumières, Paris, Le livre de poche, 2007.
Ulteriori eventuali indicazioni bibliografiche saranno fornite dal docente durante le lezioni.
Testi supplementari per gli studenti non frequentanti:
Pascal, Les Provinciales, édition présentée, établie et annotée par Michel Le Guern, Paris, Gallimard, coll. Folio, 1987.
Philippe Sellier, Port-Royal et la littérature. Pascal, Paris, Honoré Champion, coll. Champion classiques, 2010.
Programme
Morality and immorality in French literature between the 17th and 18th centuries.Core Documentation
1. Storia della letteraturaStoria europea della letteratura francese, a cura di Lionello Sozzi, Torino, Einaudi, vol. I, pp. 239-292, 413-484.
La civiltà letteraria francese del Settecento, a cura di Gianni Iotti, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
André Lagarde, Laurent Michard, XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Bordas, qualsiasi edizione.
2. Testi
Jean Racine, Phèdre, édition de Raymond Picard, [Paris], Gallimard, coll. Folio classique, 2000.
Montesquieu, Lettres persanes, édition présentée, établie et annotée par Jean Starobinski, [Paris], Gallimard, coll. Folio classique, 2003.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses, introduction, notes, bibliographie et chronologie par René Pomeau, Paris, Flammarion, coll. GF, 2006.
3. Approfondimenti e testi critici
Paul Bénichou, Morales du Grand Siècle, Paris, Gallimard, coll. Folio essais, 1988.
Delia Gambelli, Letizia Norci Cagiano, Valeria Pompejano, Il romanzo epistolare in Francia nel Settecento, Roma, Biblink, 2008.
Tzvetan Todorov, L’Esprit des Lumières, Paris, Le livre de poche, 2007.
Ulteriori eventuali indicazioni bibliografiche saranno fornite dal docente durante le lezioni.
Testi supplementari per gli studenti non frequentanti:
Pascal, Les Provinciales, édition présentée, établie et annotée par Michel Le Guern, Paris, Gallimard, coll. Folio, 1987.
Philippe Sellier, Port-Royal et la littérature. Pascal, Paris, Honoré Champion, coll. Champion classiques, 2010.
Type of delivery of the course
lecturesType of evaluation
Oral interview, possibly held remotely via audio-video conference using Microsoft Teams software.