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 I is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It provides the student with initial knowledge and understanding of the French literary culture through the reading of exemplary texts analysed paying special attention to intercultural dynamics. It helps students discover the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will be able to read and understand literary texts in the original language employing the analytical methods and tools they will have learned in class; furthermore, they will possess the necessary communicative skills to re-elaborate the acquired disciplinary contents.
French Literature I is among the characterizing activities of the "Foreign Literatures" area. It provides the student with initial knowledge and understanding of the French literary culture through the reading of exemplary texts analysed paying special attention to intercultural dynamics. It helps students discover the tools and methodologies of literary, cultural and historical analysis.
At the end of the module, students will be able to read and understand literary texts in the original language employing the analytical methods and tools they will have learned in class; furthermore, they will possess the necessary communicative skills to re-elaborate the acquired disciplinary contents.
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teacher profile teaching materials
The course will examine three twentieth-century French novels, to investigate transformations and declinations of the genre in the period from the First World War to the 1960s.
M. Proust, Du côté de chez Swann
A. Camus, Le premier homme
S. de Beauvoir, Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée
Programme
French novel in the twentieth centuryThe course will examine three twentieth-century French novels, to investigate transformations and declinations of the genre in the period from the First World War to the 1960s.
Core Documentation
Course materialM. Proust, Du côté de chez Swann
A. Camus, Le premier homme
S. de Beauvoir, Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée
Attendance
VoluntaryType of evaluation
Oral answers. teacher profile teaching materials
- André Breton, Nadja, Torino, Einaudi.
- Georges Perec, W o il ricordo d’infanzia, Torino, Einaudi.
2. Critical essays.
- Roland Bourneuf, Réal Ouellet, L’universo del romanzo, Torino, Einaudi.
- Giorgio Agamben, Quel che resta di Auschwitz, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri.
- Gabriella Violato, Scritture surrealiste, Roma, Bulzoni, 1982.
- Valeria Sperti, Fotografia e romanzo, Napoli, Liguori, 2005, pp. 69-127.
3. Literary History.
- Il romanzo francese del Novecento, a cura di Sandra Teroni, Roma-Bari, Laterza.
Programme
The twentieth century French novel: two examples.Core Documentation
1. Novels.- André Breton, Nadja, Torino, Einaudi.
- Georges Perec, W o il ricordo d’infanzia, Torino, Einaudi.
2. Critical essays.
- Roland Bourneuf, Réal Ouellet, L’universo del romanzo, Torino, Einaudi.
- Giorgio Agamben, Quel che resta di Auschwitz, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri.
- Gabriella Violato, Scritture surrealiste, Roma, Bulzoni, 1982.
- Valeria Sperti, Fotografia e romanzo, Napoli, Liguori, 2005, pp. 69-127.
3. Literary History.
- Il romanzo francese del Novecento, a cura di Sandra Teroni, Roma-Bari, Laterza.
Type of delivery of the course
Lectures.Type of evaluation
Oral exam. The evaluation will take into account such elements as: the level and quality of knowledge of the topics; the ability to examine a topic critically; the logic of the arguments in support of a thesis; the ability to apply theories and concepts to contexts; the use of an appropriate vocabulary.