Literary seminar - A theme of love in French medieval and renaissance literature 3304-1DZ1W-KL-006
The aim of the seminar is to prepare students for the independent reading of early literature texts. The joint analysis of selected works from the French Middle Ages and Renaissance, based on the latest critical studies, is intended to encourage in-depth exploration of cultural and literary phenomena and to develop the ability to formulate detailed commentaries on the analyzed texts.
The detailed seminar program will be presented at the first meeting.
The main theme is the motif of love in selected texts from the French Middle Ages and Renaissance. The discussions will cover several basic issues: the definition and characteristics of feelings, the main philosophical currents shaping attitudes towards love, and the literary forms of expressing feelings.
Program:
I. Medieval Fascination with Love:
Breton Material and l'amour courtois
Lais by Marie de France - A female perspective on love?
Tristan and Isolde - Tragic love
André le Chapelain and the rules of courtly love – Le traité de l’amour courtois
Love poetry of Charles d'Orléans
Les quinze joyes de mariage – Married life humorously depicted
II. Renaissance Vision of Love – Between Petrarchism and Neoplatonism:
Clément Marot and the beginnings of Petrarchism in France
Maurice Scève and the first poetic collection in the canzoniere style
Does ideal love exist? Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre: between spiritual and earthly love
L’Olive by Joachim Du Bellay - Fascination with Neoplatonic spiritual love
Pierre de Ronsard and sonnets to Cassandra
Sonnets by Louise Labé – A female version of Petrarchism
Eros and Thanatos – Different faces of love in Baroque poetry
The detailed seminar program will be presented at the first meeting.
All students must have an ...@student.uw.edu.pl address.
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
I. The aim of the seminar is to acquire the skills to understand and interpret literary texts, to practically apply literary research methodologies, and to gain the knowledge essential for a philologist about the great works of French and Francophone literature.
II. After successfully completing the course, the student:
A)
Has systematic knowledge of the basic processes occurring in the areas of language, literature, and culture (K_W04).
Has elementary knowledge of the methodology of research on language, literature, and culture (K_W05).
Has knowledge of the culture of France and French-speaking countries (K_W12).
B)
Can use various sources and methods, both traditional and modern, to search for, analyze, evaluate, select, and utilize information necessary for participation in classes (K_U01).
Possesses basic research skills, including analyzing research problems, formulating hypotheses, choosing research methods, developing and presenting results necessary for participating in class discussions and preparing their own work in the field of Romance philology (K_U02).
Can use basic theoretical approaches, research paradigms, and concepts appropriate for linguistics and literary studies (K_U04).
C)
Can appropriately set priorities to accomplish a task determined by themselves and others (K_K05).
III. After successfully completing the course, the student:
Knows the basic concepts and corresponding terms used to describe early literature.
Knows the most important phenomena in the history of medieval and Renaissance French literature.
Can use various printed sources and modern information technologies to obtain necessary information about medieval and Renaissance literature.
Can select, analyze, evaluate, and use the found information about medieval and Renaissance literature and apply it in their own interpretative practice.
Can independently write a short essay in French, correct in terms of content and language, on a given topic related to the discussed issues.
Assessment criteria
All students must have an ...@student.uw.edu.pl 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 French.
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. P.Y. Badel, Introduction à la vie littéraire du Moyen Age, Paris, 1969;
2. D. Poirion, Précis de littérature française du Moyen Age, Paris, 1983;
3. M. Zink, Introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age, Paris, 1993;
4. M. Bideaux, A. Tournon, H. Moreau, Histoire de la littérature française du XVIe siècle, Nathan, 1991.
5. Brunel, Y. Bellenger, D. Couty, Ph. Sellier, M. Truffet, Histoire de la littérature française, Bordas, 1972.
6. J. Cornette, Chronique de la France moderne. Le XVIe siècle, SEDES, Paris, 1995.
8. M.-L. Demonet-Launay, XVIe siècle, 1460-1610, Bordas, 1987.
9. A. Jouanna, La France du XVIe siècle, PUF, Paris, 1996.
10. A. Jouanna, J. Boucher, D. Biloghi. G. Le Thiec, La France de la Renaissance. Histoire et dictionnaire des guerres de religion, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1998.
11. A. Jouanna, P. Hamon, D. Biloghi. G. Le Thiec, La France de la Renaissance. Histoire et dictionnaire, Robert Laffont, Paris, 2001.
12. Littérature française, coll. de poche, Arthaud, 1984.
13. D. Ménager, Introduction à la vie littéraire du XVIe s., Dunod, 1997.
14. Lestringant, J. Rieu, A. Tarrete, Littérature française du XVIe siècle, "Premier cycle ", PUF, Paris, 2000.
15. Précis de littérature française du XVIe s., sous la dir. de R. Aulotte, PUF, 1991.
16. Philippe Desan, Montaigne. Penser le social, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2018.
17. Philippe Desan, Montaigne. Une biographie politique, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2014.
18. Jean-Marie Le Gall, Défense et illustration de la Renaissance, PUF, Paris, 2018
19. editions of texts
Notes
Term 2023Z:
Office hours in the winter semester: Tuesday, 13.00-14.00, office 3414 or online at zoom.us. The link to the meeting will be sent after prior arrangement by e-mail (d.szeliga@uw.edu.pl). |
Term 2024Z:
Office hours and consultations in the winter semester of 2024/2025: Tuesday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, room 3414. |
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