Literary Seminar - a literary work, the author, the audience (Middle Ages-Renaissance) 3304-1DPXW-KL-017
The aim of the seminar is to prepare students to read the texts of old literature on their own. Joint analysis of selected works of the French Middle Ages and Renaissance based on the latest critical studies is to encourage an in-depth study of cultural and literary phenomena and the acquisition of the ability to formulate extensive comments on the analyzed texts.
Selected works will be analyzed in three research perspectives: the character of the work, the identity of the author and the real or supposed recipient.
Program:
- Time of oral transmission and anonymous authors - Chanson de Roland
- The author emerges from the shadows - Lais of Marie de France (Prologue, Guigemar, Bisclavret, Lanval)
- Poet's emotional biography - Legs and Testament of François Villon
- Clément Marot and problems of self-creation
- Gargantua by François Rabelais - the author's game with the reader
- Heptameron Marguerite de Navarre - didactic work?
- Louise Labé - poet pointing the way to women
- Muret as a commentator on Ronsard's poetry, or what needs to be explained to the reader
- The modesty of the author and the power of creation - Les Regrets of Joachim Du Bellay
- Les Essais by Michel de Montaigne - how to enchant the recipient
Course coordinators
Mode
Learning outcomes
I. Course Objectives
The aim of the seminar is to develop the ability to understand and interpret literary texts, to apply literary research methodologies in practice, and to acquire the fundamental knowledge of major works of French and Francophone literature required in Romance philology.
II. Upon successful completion of the course, the student:
A)
has structured knowledge of the fundamental processes occurring within the fields of language, literature, and culture (K_W04),
possesses basic knowledge of methodologies used in language, literary, and cultural studies (K_W05),
has knowledge of the culture of France and French-speaking countries (K_W12).
B)
is able to use various traditional and modern sources and methods in order to search for, analyze, evaluate, select, and use information necessary for participation in the course (K_U01),
possesses basic research skills, including the analysis of research problems, formulation of hypotheses, selection of research methods, as well as the preparation and presentation of results necessary for participation in class discussions and for preparing individual work in Romance philology (K_U02),
is able to use basic theoretical approaches, research paradigms, and concepts relevant to literary studies (K_U04).
C)
is able to appropriately determine priorities necessary for completing tasks set independently or by others (K_K05).After successful completion of the course the student can:
- properly place literary events in their cultural context,
- efficiently refers to the chronology of the era,
- explain the most important concepts for the period in question,
- find relationships between literary phenomena,
- analyze the literary text yourself,
- speak in an organized manner on topics related to the subject matter of classes.
- independently prepare, in terms of content and language, a short text (essay) on a given topic in the field of discussed issues
K_W02, K_W03,
K_U03, K_U05,
K_K03
Assessment criteria
All students must have an ...@student.uw.edu.pl email address due to work involving a shared drive;
attendance and active participation in class; two unexcused absences per semester are permitted;
delivery of a short presentation on an assigned topic;
;
continuous assessment of oral participation;
in the case of insufficient engagement or progress, an oral examination covering the topics discussed during the course;
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools during classes and in the preparation of the semester paper is governed by the regulations set out in Resolution No. 42 of the Teaching Council for the Romance Philology programme of 15 April 2024.
Uchwała: https://romanistyka.wn.uw.edu.pl/wp-
content/uploads/2024/04/RD_uchwala_42_15-kwietnia-2024_wytyczne_SI_.pdf
Załącznik: https://romanistyka.wn.uw.edu.pl/wp-
content/uploads/2024/04/RD_uchwala_42_15-kwietnia-
2024_wytyczne_SI_ZALACZNIK_1.pdf
Detailed course requirements and assessment criteria will be presented during the first class.
Bibliography
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- Anna Drzewicka, Starofrancuska epopeja rycerska, Warszawa, 1979.
- Johan Huizinga, Jesień średniowiecza, Warszawa, 1985.
- Andrzej Borowski, Renesans, WydawnictwoLiterackie, Kraków, 2002.
- Pierre Chaunu, Czas reform: historia religii i cywilizacji (1250-1550), przeł. Jan Grosfeld; [przekł. popr. i zred. Tadeusz Szafrański], Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa, 1989.
- Jean Delumeau, Cywilizacja Odrodzenia, Warszawa, 1987.
- Katarzyna Dybeł, Barbara Marczuk, Jan Prokop, Historia literatury francuskiej, Warszawa, PWN, 2005.
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- Jacek Kowalski, Anna Loba, Mirosław Loba, Jan Prokop, Dzieje kultury francuskiej, Warszawa, 2005.
- Kazimierz Kupisz, W kręgu myśli i sztuki Małgorzaty z Nawarry, Łódź, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1968.
- Jan Miernowski, Piękne banialuki ku najlepszej prawdzie wyłożone, Czytelnik, Warszawa, 2000.
- Michał Bachtin, Twórczość F. Rabelais’ego a kultura ludowa średniowiecza i renesansu, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1975.
- Józef Hen, Ja, Michał z Montaigne, Warszawa, Czytelnik, 1978 (nowe wydanie: Warszawa, Prószyński i S-ka, 1999).
- Poetyka okresu renesansu, red. J. Mańkowski, Wrocław, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1982 (BN Ser. II nr 205).
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