History of French literature - 17th and 18th century 3304-1DP2O-HLF
Course lecture - History of French literature of the 17th and 18th centuries
Chronology, crisis of faith and ideas, trends in modern philosophy (empiricism, sensualism, rationalism) and religious trends (theism, deism); styles (baroque, classicism, rococo, sentimentalism, neoclassicism); a new understanding of the role of the philosopher and writer and literature itself, the evolution of tragedy and comedy, the flowering and transformation of the novel (Scarron, Furetière and Sorel, d'Urfé, Mlle de Scudéry and Mme de Lafayette, Lesage, Prévost and Crébillon son). Several profiles of writers (Corneille, Racine and Molière, Descartes, Pascal and La Rochefoucauld, Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot), new philosophical and aesthetic categories, transformations of old concepts. The success of the epistolary novel (Guilleragues, Montesquieu, Mme de Graffigny, Rousseau, Laclos). Spanish, English, Italian and German cultural influences.
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Learning outcomes
After listening to the lecture, the student:
- knows and understands: the chronology of the era and the most important dates, the names of authors and the titles of their works, knows and understands the discussed concepts and terminology in the field of literary studies, understands the importance of the baroque, classicism and French Enlightenment periods for French literature and culture (K_W02, K_W03)
- is able to: link various literary phenomena, demonstrate the importance of individual authors, their texts or theories for the development of French literature and culture, and express opinions referring to theoretical approaches specific to literary studies (K_U03, K_U05)
-is ready to identify problems related to understanding both literary periods and solve them in accordance with his knowledge of literary studies (K_K03)
Assessment criteria
Pass conditions: mandatory attendance and 80-minute written examination.
Three unexcused absences result in removal from the list.
Practical placement
Not applicable.
Bibliography
In addition to selected works by the above-mentioned writers, textbooks: A. Adam, History of French Literature, vol. 1; "Enlightenment" (M. Klimowicz, M. Cieński - 2
separate monographs); Vol. Hernas, "Baroque"; Ph.D. Van Thiegem, Main literary doctrines in France. From the Pleiades to Surrealism, E. Voegelin, From the Enlightenment to the Revolution, [anthologies:] European sources of aesthetic and literary thought of the Polish Enlightenment. An anthology of statements by French, German-speaking and English writers 1674-1810, ed. T. Kostkiewiczowa and Z. Goliński; D. Diderot, Pisma estetycznoliterackie, ed. M. Dębowski. Monographs: M. Vovelle (ed.), Man of the Enlightenment, T. Kostkiewiczowa, Enlightenment - the threshold of our modernity; P. Matyaszewski, Montesquieu's Journey. Spatial biography; B. Baczko, Rousseau – solitude and community; M. Skrzypek, Diderot; P. Hazard, Crisis of European Consciousness 1680-1715.
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