The End of the 19th Century in French Literature - Themes and Forms 3304-1DZXW-KL-26
The last 30 years of the nineteenth century were a time of extremely intense aesthetic changes in French literature, which find expression in the reflections and works of writers as diverse as Zola, Huysmans, Mallarmé or Maeterlinck. Zola's experimental novel, Huysmans' decadent hybrid novel and prose poem, Dujardin's internal monologue, Maeterlinck's symbolist theatre of silence and poetry, and Mallarmé's poetic explorations will be the subjects of our analyses. The reading of the works will be accompanied by extracts from critical texts, from which we will learn, among other things, about the assumptions of naturalist doctrine or the reasons for the pessimism of the end of the century.
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Learning outcomes
Student 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 poetic, narrative and dramatic 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, especially from the French literature of the end of the XIX c.
Student 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
Student is ready
K_K04 care for the cultural heritage, especially in relation to French and Francophone culture
K_K06 respect the basic rules of professional ethics and the principles of intellectual property protection and copyright law
Assessment criteria
- attendance in class is required ; Students who miss class more than 2 times will be asked to come on teacher's duty hours to discuss the content of the class during which they were absent or will be given an additional question on the test;
- activity in class and preparation for class (reading texts, presentations, flipped lessons, worksheets, spontaneous contributions)
- written analysis (in class)
- test (factual knowledge + knowledge of the readings)
- oral answer (short conversation about the content presented in class, comparison of representations of a given problem/motif) ; those who obtain a mark of 4.5 or more will be exempted from the oral answer
Detailed conditions for passing the course will be provided by the instructor in the first class or will be sent by the USOS.
Bibliography
C. Becker, Lire le réalisme et le naturalisme, Paris, Dunod, 1998.
Ph. Berthier, M. Jarrety (dir.), Histoire de la France littéraire. Modernités, XIXe-XXe siècles, Paris, PUF, 2006
J.-P. Bertrand et al., Le roman célibataire d’À rebours à Paludes, Paris, Corti, 1996.
B. Marchal, Lire le symbolisme, Paris, Dunod, 1996.
P. Marot, Histoire de la littérature française du XIXe s., H. Champion, coll. Unichamp-Essentiel, Paris, 2001.
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