Rebellious slave: baroque, enlightened and romantic (17th-19th century) 3304-2DXW-WM-NZ-OG

Against the background of the ideological and aesthetic changes taking place in France from the end of the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century, the figure of the rebellious slave, presented in various thematic and formal ways in the novel, proposes a specific solution to the dilemma of freedom, reason and... happiness. Is there a connection between the aesthetics assigned to the three titular styles and the way the rebellious characters are presented? If they are positive heroes, then on what terms? Are we observing a uniform tendency towards greater subjectivity, idealization or perhaps degradation of the hero? What do these directions of changes involve? What literary (artistic) balance results from them?
Does the authors' ideological commitment modify our reading? The distance between the past and present horizon of reception.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Knowledge of periodization, genre systematization, several names and titles of works by French philosophers, as well as the leading concepts of the 17th and 19th centuries will undoubtedly facilitate the reception of the lecture.

Course coordinators

Izabella Zatorska

Learning outcomes

After passing the monographic lecture, the student
- knows and understands in-depth the place and importance of the humanities, in particular literary studies, in the system of sciences and its subject and methodological specificity, as well as general and specific terminology in the field of French culture of the 18th century and the processes taking place within it, tendencies, directions and research methodologies in the area of the French Enlightenment and Romanticism, issues in the field of general literary studies and the principles of analysis and interpretation of texts belonging to various genres of prose narrative from this period (K_W01, K_W02, K_W03, K_W04, K_W05, K_W06, K_W09);
- can independently acquire knowledge and plan their own learning, guide others in this area and develop complex skills using various sources, as well as recognize, analyze in-depth and interpret various types of cultural products (paintings, graphics, literature), using appropriate and complex terminology and appropriate research methods and techniques (K_U03, K_U05)
- is ready to be open to individual and cultural differences and understand their ethical dimension in the colonial context (K_K03)

Assessment criteria

Passing conditions: active attendance (knowledge of previously sent fragments of texts as illustrations of the lecture, with the so-called fiches de lecture cards attached) and a 30-minute control test at the end of the semester. More than three unexcused absences (not counting the first classes) will result in being removed from the student list.

Bibliography

Source texts, subject of analysis:
Aphra Behn, The Fair Jilt, Oroonoko, 1688, adapted by Antoine Laplace (Amsterdam, 1745); Jean-François de Saint-Lambert, Ziméo. conte, 1769, Jean-François Butini, Lettres africaines, 1771, [Joseph Lavallée] Le Nègre comme il y a peu de blancs, 1789, Anonyme, Aza ou le Nègre, 1792, Jean-Baptiste Picquenard, Adonis, ou le Bon Nègre. anecdote coloniale, 1798, Victor Hugo, Bug-Jargal, 1818-1826, Prosper Mérimée, Tamango, 1829, and finally Les Marrons (1844), « the first novel of Réunion » by Louis-Timagène Houat.
Context: novels by Fenelon, Montesquieu, Fontenelle, Bernardino de Saint-Pierre, essay by Voltaire, dissertations by Rousseau, Diderot, monographs by Raynal, Paul Hazard, Jean Ehrard, Robert Mauzi, Daniel Masseau, Eric Vœgelin, Jean-Michel Racault, et al .
Thematic studies: Littérature et esclavage XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, (dir.) S. Moussa, Paris, Éditions Desjoncquères, 2010; Interculturel francophonie, n° 2 : Aperçus du Noir : regards blancs sur l'Autre, textes réunis et présentés par Roger Little, juin-juillet 2002, Lecce, Argo;CHARARA, Youmna, Roman et politique. Approche sérielle et intertextuelle du roman des Lumières, Paris, Honoré Champion, « Moralia », 2004; CURRAN, Andrew C., L'Anatomie de la noirceur. Science et esclavage à l'âge des Lumières, traduction de P. Graille, Paris, Classiques Garnier, « L'Europe des Lumières », 2017; DANON, Rachel, Les Voix du marronnage dans la littérature française du XVIIIe siècle, Préface d'Yves Citton, Paris, Classiques Garnier, « L'Europe des Lumières » 39, 2015; Le Tournant des Lumières. Mélanges en l'honneur du professeur Malcolm Cook, Contributions réunies par Katherine Astbury et Catriona Seth, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2012; Bernardin de Saint-Pierre et l'océan Indien, études réunies par J.-M. Racault, Ch. Meure et A. Gigan, Paris, Classiques Garnier, « Rencontres » 15, 2011; Duchet, Michèle, Anthropologie et Histoire au siècle des lumières, Buffon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Helvétius, Diderot, Paris, François Maspéro, 1971; HOFFMANN, Léon-François, Le Nègre romantique. Personnage littéraire et obsession collective, Paris, Payot, 1973; TROUSSON, Raymond, « Introduction » à M. Duras, Ourika, Romans de femmes du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Robert Laffont, coll. « Bouquins », 1996, p. 965-984.

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