Course Unit Page
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Teacher Bruna Conconi
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Learning modules Bruna Conconi (Modulo 1)
Michele Morselli (Modulo 2)
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Credits 12
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SSD L-LIN/03
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
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Language French
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850) -
Course Timetable from Sep 18, 2023 to Oct 25, 2023
Course Timetable from Nov 10, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023
Academic Year 2023/2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to read a literary text in French, both in textual and intertextual mode, with the necessary references to the history of French literature in relation to European literature. They will sharpen, as much as possible, their stylistic competences within their linguistic competences. They will use French as a language of communication.
Course contents
The course, which will focus on 18th century French literary production, will be organized in two modules: the first, held by Prof. Bruna Conconi, will provide a perspective on the most important movements and the most significant figures of the century; the second, held by Prof. Michele Morselli, will analyze in particular Manon Lescaut by Prévost, Le Paysan parvenu by Marivaux, Les Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos and La Religieuse by Diderot.
Readings/Bibliography
Literary History
Lionello SOZZI (ed.), Storia europea della letteratura francese. II. Dal Settecento all’età contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 2013 (only 18th century).
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Jean-Yves TADIÉ (ed.), La littérature française: dynamique et histoire, Paris, Gallimard, 2007 (only 18th century).
Readings:
Prévost, Manon Lescaut
Marivaux, Le Paysan parvenu
Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
Diderot, La Religieuse
Texts analized during classes (uploaded to the VIRTUALE platform) and the following articles/chapters of books:
Erich Auerbach, Le souper interrompu, in Mimésis. La représentation du réel dans la littérature occidentale, Paris, Gallimard, 1984, pp. 395-428.
Arnold Hauser, Il nuovo pubblico della letteratura, in Storia sociale dell'arte, Torino, Einaudi, 1982, vol. II, pp. 52-95.
Colas Duflos, Les aventures de Sophie. La philosophie dans le roman au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, CNRS Editions, 2013, pp. 9-41 (chap. I, Voyages merveilleux de Sophie dans la Romancie e chap. II, Récit romanesque et discours philosophique).
Paul Hazard, La crise de la conscience européenne 1680-1715, Paris, Fayard, 1978, pp. 3-25, 48-71, 299-311 (chap. De la stabilité au mouvement, Du midi au nord, Vers un nouveau modèle d’humanité).
Carlo Ginzburg, Tolleranza e commercio. Auerbach legge Voltaire, in Id., Il filo e le tracce. Vero falso finto, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2006, pp. 112-137.
Michel Delon, P.-A. Choderlos de Laclos, Les liaisons dangereuses, Paris, PUF, 1986, pp. 78-93.
Grahame Jones, Manon Lescaut: la structure du roman et le rôle du chevalier Des Grieux, in «Revue d’histoire littéraire de la France», vol. 71, n. 3, 1971, pp. 425-438.
Marie-Hélène Huet, Le Paysan et le Parvenu, in Le Héros et son double. Essai sur le roman d’ascension sociale au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, José Corti, 1975, pp. 31-52.
Dominique Jullien, Locus hystericus: l’image du couvent dans La Religieuse de Diderot, in «French Forum», vol. 15, n. 2, 1990, pp. 133-148.
D) Non-attending students will prepare the final exam following the previous bibliography with the support of this additional reading:
Antologia cronologica della letteratura francese. Il Settecento, Milano, LED, 1997:
Dialogues di Lahontan
Histoire de Gil Blas di Lesage
Les Mille et une Nuits tradotte da Galland
Lettres persanes di Montesquieu
Manon Lescaut di Prévost
Le Philosophe anglais di Prévost
La vie de Marianne di Marivaux
Lettres philosophiques di Voltaire
Le Sopha di Crébillon fils
Lettres d’une Péruvienne di Madame de Graffigny
Lettres anglaises, ou Histoire de Clarissa Harlove tradotta da Prévost
Discours sur l’origine de l’inégalité di Rousseau
voce « Genève » dell’Encyclopédie
Candide di Voltaire
La Nouvelle Héloïse di Rousseau
Les Confessions di Rousseau
Paradoxe sur le comédien di Diderot
Le Barbier de Séville de Beaumarchais
Jacques le Fataliste di Diderot
Tableau de Paris di Mercier
Les liaisons dangereuses di Laclos
Les 120 journées de Sodome di Sade
Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte di Volney
Paul et Virginie di Bernardin de Saint Pierre
L’Émigré di Sénac de Meilhan
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures; participation is nevertheless highly encouraged.
Assessment methods
The exam consists in an oral interview during which the methodological and critical skills acquired by the student will be evaluated . The student will be invited to discuss the texts covered during the course and to move within the sources and bibliographical material in order to be able to identify in them the useful information. The achievement of an organic vision of the issues addressed during the classes and their critical use, which demonstrate ownership of a mastery of expression and specific language, will be assessed with marks of excellence (28-30). Mechanical and / or mnemonic knowledge of matter, synthesis and analysis of non-articulating and / or correct language but not always appropriate will lead to discrete assessments (23-27); training gaps and / or inappropriate language - although in a context of minimal knowledge of the material - will lead to votes that will not exceed the sufficiency (18-22). Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of guidance within the reference materials offered during the course will lead to failed assessments.
Teaching tools
At the end of the course texts analized during classes will be uploaded on VIRTUALE.
Office hours
See the website of Bruna Conconi
See the website of Michele Morselli
Alumni