FJ0B777 Overview of Francophone Literatures

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 G24
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
- Provide an introduction to the problem of Literary Francophonie and an overview of principal works - Reflect upon the challenges represented by postcolonial writing - Look for analogies and intertextual references
Syllabus
  • 1. The challenges of the Francophonie 2. Colonization and decolonization - critical approach 3. Litterature of Maghreb and Machrek 4. The predecessors 5. The Negritude 6. Independences 7. The contemporaries 8. Negritude against Créolité 9. Exile litterature
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VURM, Petr. Anthologie de la littérature francophone (Anthology of Francophone Literature). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 142 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7091-2. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • Viatte Auguste, Histoire comparée des littératures francophones, Nathan, Paris, 1980.
  • Joubert, Lecarme, Vercier, Les littératures francophones depuis 1945, Bordas, Paris, 1986.
  • Combe, Dominique, Les littératures francophones, PUF, Paris, 2010.
  • Beniamino, Michel, La francophonie littéraire, L’Harmattan, Paris, 1999
  • Dalembert, Louis-Philippe, Trouillot, Lyonel, Haïti, une traversée littéraire, Philippe Rey, Paris, 2010.
  • Moura, Jean-Marc, Littérature francophone et théorie postcoloniale, PUF, Paris, 1999.
  • Chevrier, Jacques, Littérature nègre, Armand Colin, Paris, 1984.
  • Joubert, Jean-Louis (éd.), Littérature francophone : anthologie, Nathan, Paris, 1992.
Teaching methods
- Lectures - Student papers - Quiz on textual knowledge
Assessment methods
- 3 written assignments - participation in research - 1 paper on a work of theory and on a work of fiction - (credit) written test - (exam) analysis of a text chosen by the professor
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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