Cultural studies seminar - 3304-1DZXW-KK-001

I. The aim of the seminar is to acquire the knowledge necessary for a philologist about significant events and historical and cultural phenomena that took place in France and in French-speaking countries, as well as to learn and select research methods allowing for a full understanding of historical and cultural processes in order to develop competences needed in the field of literary studies .
II. After successfully completing the course, the student
AND)
- has systematic knowledge of the basic processes taking place in the areas of language, literature and culture (K_W04),
- has elementary knowledge of the methodology of language, literature and culture research (K_W05),
- has knowledge of the culture of France and French-speaking countries (K_W12)
- knows and understands the basic concepts and principles of intellectual property and copyright protection (K_W14),
B)
-can use various sources and methods, traditional and modern, to search, analyze, evaluate, select and use information necessary to participate in classes (K_U01),
- has basic research skills, including the analysis of research problems, formulation of hypotheses, selection of research methods, development and P6S_UW P6S_UK5 presentation of results to the extent necessary to participate in the discussion in classes and to prepare their own works in the field of Romance philology (K_U02),
- can independently acquire knowledge and develop research skills, following the instructions of the teacher / tutor (K_U03),
- has the ability to prepare oral presentations in French and Polish, presenting detailed issues, using various sources and basic theoretical approaches (K_U09),
C)
- is interested in contemporary processes and phenomena occurring in the cultural life of Europe (K_K09),
- is able to properly define the priorities for the implementation of the tasks set by himself and others (K_K05)

III. After completing the course, the student should:
- list in order the most important stages of the development of French statehood
- define the specificity of the French institutions of the Ancien Régime
- to characterize the basic cultural phenomena from the Middle Ages to the outbreak of the Great French Revolution
- knows the basic concepts and the corresponding terms used to describe the language, literature and culture
- has knowledge of the culture of France and French-speaking countries
- can use various sources and methods, including modern information technologies, to search, analyze, evaluate, select and use information necessary to participate in classes; uses basic lexicographic and grammatical sources
- can use the basic theoretical approaches, research paradigms and concepts specific to linguistics and literary studies
- is aware of the responsibility for preserving the cultural heritage of the studied region, country and Europe

- presence and active participation in classes; two absences (unexcused) allowed in a semester;
-preparation of a short speech based on an article or a chapter of a monograph;
-developing a selected issue within the scope of the discussed topic and preparing a Power Point presentation;
-test.

Detailed conditions for passing the course will be presented by the lecturer during the first class
-All students must have the address ...@student.uw.edu.pl

-Le Page D., Loiseau J., Figeac, Pouvoir royal et Institutions dans la France moderne, Armand Colin, 2019.
-G. Duby, R.Mandrou, Histoire de la civilisation française, Paris, 1984.
-P. Goubert, L'Ancien Régime, Paris, 1970.
-J.-F.Lemarignier, La France médiévale. Institutions et société, Paris, 1981.
-F. Châtelet, O. Duhamel, Histoire des idées politiques, PUF, 1982.
-G. Cabourdin, G.Viard, Lexique historique de la France d'Ancien Régime, Paris, 1978
-Philippe Desan, Montaigne. Penser le social, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2018.
-Philippe Desan, Montaigne. Une biographie politique, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2014.
-Jean-François Solnon, Catherine de Médicis, Coll. Tempus, Perrin, 2009.
-Michel Pernot, Henri III, le roi décrié, « Le Livre de poche », 2017.
-Mémoires de Louis XIV ou le métier de roi, textes présentés par Joël Cornette, Texto, Éditions Tallandier, Paris, 2007.
-Mathieu Da Vinha. Au service du roi. Les métiers à la cour de Versailles, TEXTO collection dirigée par Jean Claude Zylberstein, Tallandier, 2018.
-Lucien Bély, Les secrets de Louis XIV. Mystères d’état et pouvoir absolu, Talalandier 2013.
-Thierry Sarmant, Louis XIV. Homme et roi, TEXTO, Talalandier, 2014.
-Jean Verdon, La vie quotidienne au Moyen Age, Perrin, Paris, 2015.
-Michel Faucheux, Olympe de Gouges, Collection Folio biographies (n° 147), Gallimard, 2018.
-Michel Vovelle, La Mentalité révolutionnaire : société et mentalités sous la Révolution française, Paris, Éd. sociales, 1986.

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