Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic discipline
L-LIN/03 (FRENCH LITERATURE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Curriculum
Linguistico-filologico-letterario
Period
2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
A knowledge of the French language corresponding to the programme of the first year.
Learning outcomes
Sixteenth-century and seventeenth-century texts will be analysed in the light of implicit methodologies, while the course aims to stimulate reflections concerning different genres (fiction, poetry, theatre). It is also designed to offer the rudiments of history and literature and to enable the student to deal effectively with French literature from its origins down to the end of the seventeenth century.
Course contents
Lecture and analysis of Manon Lescaut (1731) by Prévost
Students must be capable of expounding the history of French literature from the Middle Age to the end of Eighteenth century; the following manual is recommended: Bertini, Accornero, Bongiovanni, Giachino, Lire. Littérature et culture françaises, Milano. Einaudi Scuola vol 1.
Not attending students must to contact the lecturer after the end of the course.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
Bibliography for those who attend lectures:
- Bertini, Accornero, Bongiovanni, Giachino, Lire. Littérature et culture françaises, Einaudi Scuola, vol.1
Prévost, Manon Lescaut, Folio classique
Bibliography for those unable to attend lectures:
- Bertini, Accornero, Bongiovanni, Giachino, Lire. Littérature et culture françaises, Einaudi Scuola, vol.1
Prévost, Manon Lescaut, Folio classique
Sgard, Prévost romancier, Corti
Assessment methods
Oral exam, in French. The exam aims at testing the student's knowledge of French and of the topics discussed during the course.
Further information
Oral exam, in French. The exam aims at testing the student's knowledge of French and of the topics discussed during the course.
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