(in Polish) Konwersatorium literaturoznawcze I/IIp : Jak być szczęśliwym? – humanistyczne wartości we francuskiej literaturze renesansowej 3304-1DPXW-KL-1
The aim of the seminar is to acquire the skills of understanding and interpreting literary texts, applying literary research methodologies in practice, and gaining essential knowledge about important works of French literature.
The aim of the seminar is to prepare students for independent reading and discussion of selected Renaissance texts based on the latest critical studies. Encouraging creative analysis of works and developing the ability to formulate detailed commentaries on the analyzed texts.
Program:
The Renaissance Ideal of Humanity: Jean Pic de la Mirandole, "On the Dignity of Man";
Happiness – the Path through Knowledge and Education: Erasmus and Rabelais - the Great Challenge: Education;
Happiness – the Path through Faith: Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron;
Happiness – the Path through Love: Petrarchism and Neoplatonism (Clément Marot, Délie by Maurice Scève and the poetic Lyon school; La Pléiade, Joachim Du Bellay, and Ronsard;
Happiness – the Path through Self-awareness: Essays by Michel de Montaigne.
The detailed program will be provided during the first class.
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course (literary studies seminar), the student:
- has the ability to place literary events in their cultural context,
- efficiently refers to the chronology of the era,
- can explain the most important concepts for the period in question,
- can find connections between literary phenomena,
- can independently analyze a literary text,
- is able to independently edit in Polish, correctly in terms of content and language, a text (dissertation) on a given topic within the scope of the discussed issues,
- can express themselves in an organized way on topics related to the problems of the classes.
Assessment criteria
All students must have an ...@student.uw.edu.pl email address due to the use of a shared drive and the "Kampus" platform.
Attendance and active participation in classes are required, with a maximum of two unexcused absences per semester.
Delivering a short presentation on a given topic.
Written assessment: a semester paper in Polish.
Continuous evaluation of oral contributions or an oral examination on the topics discussed in class.
Detailed conditions for passing the course will be presented by the instructor during the first class.
Bibliography
1. Jerzy Adamski, Historia literatury francuskiej, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków, 1970, ss. 55-104.
2. Andrzej Borowski, Renesans, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków, 2002.
3. Pierre Chaunu, Czas reform: historia religii i cywilizacji (1250-1550), przeł. Jan Grosfeld; [przekł. popr. i zred. Tadeusz Szafrański], Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa, 1989.
4. Jean Delumeau, Cywilizacja Odrodzenia, Warszawa, 1987.
5. Katarzyna Dybeł, Barbara Marczuk, Jan Prokop, Historia literatury francuskiej, Warszawa, PWN, 2005.
6. Filozofia francuskiego Odrodzenia, wybór i wstęp Andrzeja Nowickiego, PWN, Warszawa, 1973.
7. Jacek Kowalski, Anna Loba, Mirosław Loba, Jan Prokop, Dzieje kultury francuskiej, Warszawa, 2005.
8. Kazimierz Kupisz, W kręgu myśli i sztuki Małgorzaty z Nawarry, Łódź, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1968.
9. Jan Miernowski, Piękne banialuki ku najlepszej prawdzie wyłożone, Czytelnik, Warszawa, 2000.
10. Michał Bachtin, Twórczość F. Rabelais’ego a kultura ludowa średniowiecza i renesansu, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1975.
11. Józef Hen, Ja, Michał z Montaigne, Warszawa, Czytelnik, 1978 (nowe wydanie: Warszawa, Prószyński i S-ka, 1999).
12. Poetyka okresu renesansu, red. J. Mańkowski, Wrocław, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1982 (BN Ser. II nr 205).
Notes
Term 2024Z:
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