- Docente: Anna Soncini
- Credits: 9
- SSD: L-LIN/03
- Language: French
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Culture and Language for Foreigners (cod. 0983)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Modern, Post-Colonial and Comparative Literatures (cod. 0981)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to analyse a French literary text, by making reference to the theory of the text and by developing his awareness concerning the workings of the textual production within one of the main tradition of the European culture. He will improve, as far as possible, his knowledge of the relationship between general literature and particular literature, as well as his own stylistic skills.
Course contents
Europe seen by writers.
The course aims to analyze the relationship with the French writers and Europe, and in this way, it aims to reach the understanding of several current problems.
Readings/Bibliography
Analysis of two texts (6 ECTS); three texts (9 ECTS); four texts (12 ECTS) among:
Maurice Maeterlinck, Le bourgmestre de Stilmonde (disponible sur le net)
Paul Claudel, La nuit de Noel (disponible sur le net)
Paul Claudel, Le soulier de satin (disponible sur le net)
Jules Romain, Europe, (disponible sur le net )
Yvan Goll, A bas l’Europe, Paris, Emile-Paul Frères, 1928
Romain Gary, Europe, Paris, Gallimard, 1972 (Folio 2016)
René Kalisky, Europa, in "Alternatives Theatrales" n.os 29 - 30, 1988
Andrei Makine, Le testament français, Paris, Mercure de France, 1995
Bernard Henri Levy, Hôtel Europa, Paris, Grasset, 2014
Olivier Barrot, Mitteleuropa, Paris, Gallimard, 2015
Critical texts for students « frequentanti » : the class program
Critial textes for « non frequentanti » students (two of them, among):
André Gide, Incidences, Paris, Gallimard, 1924
Antonin Artaud, Messages révolutionnaires, Paris, Folio, 1998, disponible en format numérique
Paul Valéry, Variété, Paris, Gallimard, 1924, disponible sur le net (Gallica)
+ French Literary History concerning the Writers choosen
.
Teaching methods
The teaching methods will concern the literary history and the textual analysis.
Several professors coming from other universities will participate in the course.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Office hours
See the website of Anna Soncini