FF:FJ0B777 Francophone Literatures - Course Information

FJ0B777 Overview of Francophone Literatures

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 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)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 10:50–12:25 U15

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

• French Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• French Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• French Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• French Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• French-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• French-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in French Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (3)

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

Learning outcomes

- Better orientation in Francophone literatures - Capability to read and analyze Francophone texts

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
• Beniamino, Michel, La francophonie littéraire, L’Harmattan, Paris, 1999
• Joubert, Lecarme, Vercier, Les littératures francophones depuis 1945, Bordas, Paris, 1986.
• Joubert, Jean-Louis (éd.), Littérature francophone : anthologie, Nathan, Paris, 1992.
• Dalembert, Louis-Philippe, Trouillot, Lyonel, Haïti, une traversée littéraire, Philippe Rey, Paris, 2010.
• Chevrier, Jacques, Littérature nègre, Armand Colin, Paris, 1984.
• Combe, Dominique, Les littératures francophones, PUF, Paris, 2010.
• Viatte Auguste, Histoire comparée des littératures francophones, Nathan, Paris, 1980.
• Moura, Jean-Marc, Littérature francophone et théorie postcoloniale, PUF, Paris, 1999.

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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