Literary Studies Seminar - A socially engaged novel in the 19th century 3304-1DPXW-KL-PS-OG

The aim of the seminar is to analyze several selected novels of the 19th century, by authors commenting on the most important social and political changes in France. The course will focus on how the writers dealt with the most important social and cultural problems of their time (for example Viktor Hugo and Anatole France on the Revolution of 1789 ; Balzac and Zola on the emerging capitalist society, the differences between their perceptions of this phenomenon, Balzac accentuating the conflict between the bourgeois and the nobility and Zola introducing the proletariat, etc.).

Type of course

elective courses
general courses

Prerequisites (description)

Students should have an interest in history and literature and possess a high school level of knowledge about them, which should allow them to participate in literary studies.

Course coordinators

Kamil Popowicz

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course students should be able to:
1. characterize the most important currents in the French literature of the 19th century,
2. situate works and creators in their historical context,
3. know the subjects of the most important literary works of the time period,
4. analyze a fragment of a given text, its form and content,
5. analyze the most important French novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in their historical context.

Assessment criteria

Assessment mode: compulsory attendance, active participation in the classes, individual presentation for the rest of the group, writing of an essay on one of the books.

Practical placement

Bibliography

Gustave Lanson, Paul Tuffrau, Historia literatury francuskiej w zarysie, Warszawa, PWN, 1965
Antoine Adam, Georges Lerminier, Edouard Morot-Sir, Literatura Francuska, Tom II XIX i XX wiek, Warszawa, PWN, 1980
Albert Thibaudet, Historia literatury francuskiej. Od Rewolucji Francuskiej do lat trzydziestych XX wieku, Warszawa, PWN, 1997
Józef Heistein, Historia Literatury Francuskiej. Od początków do czasów najnowszych, Wrocław, Warszawa, Kraków, Ossolineum, 1997

Additional information

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