FJ1031 Litterature 20th century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 8:00–8:50 učebna 67
Prerequisites
The course is intended for the 3th grade of Bachelor's degree programme full-time study mode.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course follows lectures from older French literature and literature from 17th to 19th century. century. The complex of these coursees provides students with a comprehensive overview of the development of poetry, prose and theater work in the French environment from the beginning to the present. The lecture French Literature of 20th Century presents the literary trends prevailing in France since the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries to the tendency here at the beginning of the 21st century. The lectures include their characteristics, presentation of the contemporary context and important authors and their basic works. This course is taught in conjunction with a seminar, which is a practical supplement.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able: to learn the history of French literature of the given period; to define mains elements of differentiate individual literary styles; to illustrate the theory by means of texts; differentiate individual literary styles of the given period; to categorise them chronologically and compare them reciprocally. It is also assumed ability to orient in záklandích works of French literature of the 20th and 21th century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literature of the turn of 19th and 20th century. 2. Surrealism. 3. French novel between the two wars. 4. The literary production during the Second World War. 5. Existentialism. 6. Absurd drama. 7. The New novel and literature of the second half of 20th century. 8. Experimental prose. 9. The French novel of the turn of 20th and 21th century. 10. Development of poetry in the second half of the 20th century. 11. Trends in contemporary French literature. 12. New criticism. 13. Literature and media
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Panorama francouzské literatury : od počátku po současnost. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2012, 715 s. ISBN 9788072945658. info
  • VIART, Dominique and Bruno VERCIER. La littérature française au présent : héritage, modernité, mutations. Edited by Franck Évrard. 2nd éd., augm. Paris: Bordas, 2008, 543 s. ISBN 9782047309476. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Dějiny francouzské literatury v kostce. (Concise History of French Literature.). Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 469 pp. ISBN 80-7198-240-7. info
    recommended literature
  • LECHERBORNNIER, D. Littérature, textes et documents, XXe siècle. 1. vyd. Paris : Collection Henri Mitterand, Nathan, 1989. 896 s. ISBN 209 178863-5.
  • LEMAITRE, H. Dictionnaire Bordas de littérature française. 1. vyd. Paris : Bordas, 1985. 850 s. ISBN 2-04-016169-4
  • KYLOUŠEK, P. Literární hnutí husarů ve Francii po roce 1945. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2002. 320 s. ISBN 80-210-2991-9.
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Workshop Ending: credit. Requirements for ending: test of knowledge of literary directions of this period (minimum 70%).
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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