Literature course Iz: Well-known and lesser-known works of 17th-century French literature 3304-1DZ1W-KL-40

knowledge - graduate knows and understands:

K_W02 The student knows and understands in a systematic way the history of French literature of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the chronology of the epochs and their evolution, the most important dates, the names of authors, the titles of their works and literary phenomena.

K_W03 Students will know and understand the specialised terminology, methodology, subject matter and research directions specific to French literary studies.

K_W08 The student knows and understands the multifaceted connections between French literature and historical and cultural processes.

Skills: the graduate is able to:

K_03 recognise, analyse and interpret different types of cultural products (language, literature), using

adequate terminology and appropriate research methods and tools.

K_U13 Students are able to acquire knowledge and develop skills independently, using adequate sources.

K_K05 The student is ready to care for the preservation of the French cultural heritage.

Social competences: graduate is ready to:

K_K02 openness towards individual and cultural differences

K_K04 care for the cultural heritage, especially in relation to French and Francophone culture

K_K06 respect the basic principles of professional ethics and the principles of intellectual property protection and copyright law

Attendance at class is compulsory. The pass mark for the course is based on a mark and consists of two stages:

1/ active participation, oral analysis and interpretation of selected excerpts from texts; completion of a partial test relating to the knowledge acquired in class; completion of a term paper on a given topic.

2/ after the first stage is passed, an oral - final course assessment takes place.

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Bibliography (items available online):
Textbooks:
Adam Antoine, « Histoire de la littérature française au XVIIe siècle », Paris, Del Duca, 1952-1962, 5 t.
« Précis de la littérature française du XVIIe siècle », sous la direction de Jean Mesnard, Paris, Puf, 1990.
« Précis de la littérature française du XVIIIe siècle », sous la direction de Robert Mauzi, Paris, PUF, 1990
Tournand Jean-Claude, « Introduction à la vie littéraire du XVIIe siècle », Paris, Bordas, 1984, (Dunod, 1997, 3eme éd.).
Michel Launay, Georges Mailhos, « Introduction à la vie littéraire du XVIIe siècle », Paris, Bordas, 1984, (Dunod, 1997, 3eme éd.).
Zuber Roger, Picciola Liliane, Lopez Denis, Bury Emmanuel, "Littérature française au XVIIe siecle", coll. Premier cycle, Paris, Puf, 1992.
Dominique Poulot, « Les Lumières », PUF, 2000

Readings:
Madame de Murat, Contes de fées queer, Paris, Rivages poche, 2024,
Mme d’Aulnoy et al, Finette Cendron et autres contes féministes du XVIIe siècle, Paris, Payot, 2023,
Molier, Le Misanthrope ou l’atrabilaire amoureux (1666), dowolne wydanie lub on-line,
Jean de la Bruyères, Les Caractères ou les moeures de ce siècle (1688), dowolne wydanie lub on-line,
Jeanne-Michelle de Pringy, Les differens caracters des femmes du siecle avec la description de l’amour propre, dowolne wydanie lub on-line,
Antoine Furetière, Le roman bourgeois (1666), dowolne wydanie lub on-line,
Samuel Chappuzeau, L’Allemagne protestante, , ou relation nouvelle d’un voyage fait aux cours des élécleurs et des princes protestants de l’Empire aux mois d’avril, mai, juin, juillet et août de l’année M.DC.LXIX (fragmenty), Genève, Herman Widerhold, 1671, on-line,
François Maximilien Misson, Nouveau voyage d’Italie fait en l’année 1688 (fragmenty), La Haye, H. van Bulderen, 1691, on-line,
Madeleine de Scudéry, Clélie, histoire romaine (fragmenty), 1654-1660, on-line,
Mme de Sévigné, Lettres (choix des lettres), Paris, Flammarion, 2007, lub inne dowolne wydanie

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