FJ1A023 French Literature III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 G23
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FJ1A022 French Literature II
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
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand the main trends in french novel, poetry and drama in the period from 1919 to 1940. Main discussed topics
Modernity in the French novel, poetry and drama at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The lecture focuses on the gratest metomorphoses in the French prose, poetry and drama in the light of the evolution of the French thinking and society in the period from 1914 to 1940.
Relating to the seminar content, each student is going to comment on a chosen work and submit an explicative reading of a representative or a literary movement of the period concerned.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of French literature in the 1st half of the 20th century;
- identify and characterize main personnalities od fr. poetry, prose and drama in the 1st half of the 20th century;
- Write an essay (commentaire composé) comparing 2 outstanding works of this period.
Syllabus
  • Program of the course
  • 1) Introduction;
  • 2) Poetry before 1914 a. Emile Verhaeren, Maurice Maeterlinck b. Blaise Cendrars, Francis Jammes, Paul Fort c. Guillaume Apollinaire;
  • 3) Drama before 1914 a. Edmond Rostand b. Alfred Jarry c. Courteline;
  • 4) Course on the French versification and poetry (doc. Kyloušek);
  • 5) Ideas and doctrines ; novel before 1914 I a. H. Bergson, Jean Jaurès, Charles Maurras b. Anatole France, Paul Bourget, Romain Rolland c. Alain-Fournier, Valery Larbaud;
  • 6) Novel before 1914 II a. Paul Claudel, b. Charles Péguy c. Marcel Proust;
  • 7) Novel before 1914 III a. André Gide b. Paul Valéry;
  • 8) The Surrealism a. Breton, Desnos, Eluard, Aragon b. Marginal Surrealism (Cendrars, Cocteau, Jacob, Reverdy, Supervielle);
  • 9) Drama between 1919-1940 a. Jules Romains b. Armand Salacrou c. Jean Giraudoux;
  • 10) Novel between 1919-1940 I a. The "roman fleuve" (Roger Martin du Gard, Georges Duhamel) b. The Man and the Nature (Jean Giono, Colette);
  • 11) Novel between 1919-1940 II a. Psychological novel (Raymond Radiguet, Jean Giraudoux) b. Spiritual anxiety (François Mauriac, Georges Bernanos, Julien Green);
  • 12) Novel between 1919-1940 III a. The novel and the human greatness (Henry de Montherlant, André Malraux, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) b. Social criticism and et depiction of manners (Louis Aragon, Louis-Fredinand Céline, Henri Barbusse)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DYTRT, Petr. Antologie textů k francouzské literatuře 1. pol. 20. století (Anthology of 20th Century French literature I). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 207 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7057-8. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • NOVÁK, Otakar. La littérature française depuis la révolution française : précis aide-memoire. 1. 1. vyd. Brno: UJEP Brno, 1971, 95 s. info
  • NOVÁK, Otakar. La littérature française depuis la révolution française : précis aide-memoire. 1. vyd. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, fakulta filosofická, 1971, 134 s. info
  • Littérature française. Paris: Arthaud, 1977. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Dějiny francouzské literatury v kostce. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1997, 469 s. ISBN 80-7198-240-7. info
  • BRUNEL, Pierre. Histoire de la littérature française. Paris: Bordas, 1972. info
  • Boisdeffre, Pierre de: Une histoire vivante de la littérature d`aujourd'hui
  • Dějiny francouzské literatury 19. a 20. stol. Edited by Jan Otokar Fischer. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1981, 657 s. info
  • Dějiny francouzské literatury 19. a 20. stol. Edited by Jan Otokar Fischer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1979, 989 s. info
  • Dějiny francouzské literatury 19. a 20. stol. Edited by Jan Otokar Fischer. Vyd. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1983, 769 s. info
  • RADIMSKÁ, Jitka and Marcela HORAŽĎOVSKÁ. Anthologie de la littérature française. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2001, 171 s. ISBN 80-7238-109-1. info
  • Slovník francouzsky píšících spisovatelů, Praha, Libri 2002
  • LEPAPE, Pierre. Země literatury : od Štrasburských přísah do Sartrova pohřbu. Translated by Nora Obrtelová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2006, 519 s. ISBN 9788072942183. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors. Seminar: Application of the acquired theoretical knowledge on authentic texts. In the form of a presentation the students show their capability to connect their theoretical knowledge while working with a concrete text.
Assessment methods
Credits will be assigned on the basis of fulfilling of these requirements: a) Active participation in the seminar
b) Paper on chosen work from the list "Lecture"
c) Dissertation
Language of instruction
French
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednost u zápisu mají posluchači romanistických oborů.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/20-21/course/view.php?id=646
In the autumn semester 2020, teaching will take place in the MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3ad30d09c9895741aab28c79563ec270fe%40thread.tacv2/Obecn%25C3%25A9?groupId=1aea3f12-dd61-40c5-b472-00b55be521d7&tenantId=11904f23-f0db-4cdc-96f7-390bd55fcee8
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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