UZFJB632 The New Ways of the French Novel in the Age of Reason

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Šrámek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ladislava Miličková, CSc.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FJIA028 Bachelor's Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The French novel and its development in the Age of Reason. An analysis of the novel writing since the beginnning of the XVIIIth century up to the French Revolution, with regard to the esthetic thinking and literary theories of the time.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Francouzská románová tvorba XVIII. století bude analyzována v šesti okruzích: a) mravoliný román a tealismus (Chasles "Les Illustres Françaises", Le Sage "Gil Blas", Marivaux "La vie de Marianne","Le Paysan parvenu", Prévost "Manon Lescaut"). b) filozofie a politika v románu a povídce (Montesquieu "Les Lettres persanes",Voltaire "Zadig", "Candide", "LIngénu", Diderot "Le neveu de Rameau", Jacques le Fataliste"). c) sentimentální román a preromantismus (Rousseau "La Nouvelle Héloïse", Bernardin de Saint-Pierre "Paul et Virginie"). d) libertinský román (Choderlos de Laclos "Les Liaisons dangereuses", de Sade "Justine"). e) gotický (erný)román (Beckford, "Vathek", Cazotte "Le Diable amoureux").
Literature
  • Philippe Van Tieghem, Les grandes doctrines littéraires en France, PUF, Paris, 1968
  • André Lagarde, Laurent Michard, XVIIIe sicle, Bordas, Paris, 1985
  • Henri Mitterand et al.: Littérature, Textes et documents, XVIIIe sičcle, Nathan, Paris, 1987
  • Henri Coulet, Le roman jusqu' la révolution, Tome I: Histoire du roman en France, A. Colin, Paris 1967
  • NOVÁK, Otakar. La littérature française des origines a la fin du XVII. siecle : précis aide-memoire. 1. vyd. Brno: UJEP Brno, 1970, 273 s. info
  • MINÁŘ, Jaroslav. Francouzský román od klasicismu do osvícenství : jeho kritika a rehabilitace. Praha: Academia, 1968, 95 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zkouška: ústní pohovor
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
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