The image of the present time in French-language literature of the 20th and 21st centuries 3304-1DZ1W-KL-039
The course will focus on works of French and Belgian contemporary literature that portray the most topical issues of life in society: identity (gender, national), migration, multiculturalism, exclusion, loneliness, climate crisis. The thematic and formal analysis of selected works from 1985-2022 will be accompanied by the reading of several critical texts from the fields of literary studies and social sciences. The subject of our readings and discussions will be works works (in fragments or in full) by the following authors: Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Jacqueline Harpman, Annie Ernaux, Thomas Gunzig, Abdellah Taïa, Caroline Lamarche and Hélène Laurain.
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Learning outcomes
Students knows
K_W05 in an advanced level the main issues of general, French and Francophone literary studies
K_W09 in an advanced level, the principles of analysis and interpretation of texts belonging to different functional styles of the French language, with particular emphasis on narrative texts
K_W10 in an advanced level selected facts, processes and phenomena from the field of culture and history of the countries of the French speaking cultural area, and especially from the French and Belgian literature of the turn of the 20th and 21st century.
Students performs
K_U05 plan and prepare oral statements in French and Polish, referring to basic theoretical approaches relevant to linguistics and literary studies
K_U06 prepare a written paper, in French and Polish, referring to basic theoretical approaches relevant to linguistics and literary studies
Students is ready to
K_K04 take care of the cultural heritage, especially in relation to French and Francophone culture
K_K06 comply with the basic rules of professional ethics and the rules concerning the protection of intellectual property and copyright
Assessment criteria
- attendance is required (camera + sound, if the classes will be held online); A student who misses classes more than 2 times will be asked to come to teacher's duty hours (or online) in order to discuss the content of the classes during which s/he was absent;
- active participation in classes and preparation for classes (reading texts)
- written work (done independently or in teams of 2-3)
- 2 tests (factography + reading knowledge; the average of 4.75 from both tests excludes the oral answer at the end of the semester (in the winter session)
- oral answer (short conversation about the content presented in the class, comparison of the presentations of a given problem / theme)
Detailed conditions for passing the course will be presented by the teacher during the first class or sent by the USOS.
Bibliography
M. Augé, Non-lieux. Introduction à une anthropologie de la surmodernité, Paris, Seuil,1992.
A. Gefen, Réparer le monde. La littérature française face au XXIe siècle, Paris, Corti, 2017.
M. Touret (dir.), Histoire de la littérature française du XXe siècle. T. II – après 1940, PUR, 2008.
D. Viart, B. Vercier, La littérature française au présent. Héritage, modernité, mutations, Paris, Bordas, 2005
D. Viart, Le roman français au XXe s., Paris, A. Colin , 2011.
Additional information
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