FJ3050 French Literature - Selected Topics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2022
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
Thu 12:00–12:50 učebna 55
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 aim of this subject is to introduce the students of selected chapters from the French literature in their mutual context. The course builds on the overview knowledge of the students gained in Bachelor study, deepens their sensitivity of the literary text with respect to their future pedagogical practice.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able: to learn practically the history of French literature of the specified period; to define mains elements of differentiate individual literary styles; to illustrate the theory by means of texts; differentiate individual literary styles of the specified period; to categorise them chronologically and compare them reciprocally.
Syllabus
  • 1. The genres of literature in the Middle Ages. 2. Poetry and Prose of the Renaissance and Baroque. 3. The rules of literary creation to classicism. 4. The Age of Enlightenment, between philosophy and literature. 5. The new aesthetics of romanticism. 6. From realism to naturalism. 7. The poetry of the second half of the nineteenth century. 8. The avant-gardes at the beginning of the 20th century. 9. New trends in the interwar period novel 10. The human condition and existentialism. 11. The new novel and the absurd theater. 12. Literature at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Panorama francouzské literatury : od počátku po současnost. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2012, 715 s. ISBN 9788072945658. info
    recommended literature
  • Darcos, Xavier. Histoire de la littérature française. Paris: Hachette, 2019. 576 s. ISBN 978-2-01-708263-7
  • LEMAITRE, H. Dictionnaire Bordas de littérature française. 1. vyd. Paris : Bordas, 1985. 850 s. ISBN 2-04-016169-4
  • VIART, Dominique and Bruno VERCIER. La littérature française au présent : héritage, modernité, mutations. Edited by Franck Évrard. Paris: Bordas, 2005, 511 s. ISBN 2047299524. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Le roman mythologique de Michel Tournier. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 158 s. ISBN 8021033827. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Workshop Ending: credit. Requirements for ending: seminar work on an assigned topic, motivational interview about literature and use of knowledge of literary directions and their relationships (minimum 70%).
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium 4 hod. konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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