History of French literature (17th-18th centuries) 3304-1DP2O-HLF-OG

Lecture course - History of French literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Chronology, crisis of faith and ideas, directions of modern philosophy (empiricism, sensualism, rationalism) and religious trends (theism, deism); styles (baroque, classicism, rococo, sentimentalism, neoclassicism); a new understanding of the role of the philosopher and writer and literature itself, the evolution of tragedy and comedy, the flourishing and transformation of novels (Scarron, Furetière and Sorel, d'Urfé, Mlle de Scudéry and Mme de Lafayette, Lesage, Prévost and Crébillon son). A few silhouettes of writers (Corneille, Racine and Molier, Descartes, Pascal and La Rochefoucauld, Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot), new philosophical and aesthetic categories, changes of old concepts. The success of the epistolary novel (Guilleragues, Montesquieu, Mme de Graffigny, Rousseau, Laclos). Spanish, English, Italian and German cultural influences.

Type of course

elective courses
general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Nothing.

Course coordinators

Monika Malinowska

Learning outcomes

K_W02 Students will know and understand 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 lines of research specific to French literary studies.

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

K_U13 The student is able to acquire knowledge and develop skills independently using relevant sources.

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

K_W09 The student knows and understands to an advanced degree selected events in the history of France of the 17th and 18th centuries and important aspects and realities of its culture.

Assessment criteria

Pass requirements: compulsory attendance and a 60-minute written examination.

Practical placement

Nothing.

Bibliography

In addition to selected works of the above-mentioned writers, textbooks: A. Adam, Historia literatury fr, vol. 1; "Enlightenment" (M. Klimowicz, M. Cieński - 2 separate monographs); Vol. Hernas, "Baroque"; Ph. Van Thiegem, Main Literary Doctrines in France. From Pleiades to Surrealism, E. Voegelin, From Enlightenment to Revolution, [anthologies:] European sources of aesthetic and literary thought of Polish Enlightenment. Anthology of French, German and English writers' statements 1674-1810, ed. T. Kostkiewiczowa and Z. Goliński; D. Diderot, Literary and Aesthetic Letters, ed. M. Dębowski. Monographs: M. Vovelle (ed.), Man of Enlightenment, T. Kostkiewiczowa, Enlightenment - the threshold of our present day; P. Matyaszewski, Montesquieu's Journey. Spatial biography; B. Baczko, Rousseau - loneliness and community; M. Skrzypek, Diderot; P. Hazard, Crisis of European Consciousness 1680-1715.

Additional information

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