FJ0B737 Réjean Ducharme

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ladislava Miličková, CSc.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 G12
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course focuses on the work of Quebec writer Réjean Ducharme from a number of different viewpoints. The writer is a peculiar, difficult to classify figure on the Quebec literary scene, featuring an inimitable writing style. Both the author and his work are important reference points in Quebec literature, which can be seen e.g. in the fact that many young writers are taking him as an example. Ducharm's novels form the focal point of the course, his plays will, however, be discussed as well.
Syllabus
  • The first part of the course will be devoted to placing Ducharme's work into the proper historical context as well as comparing it with selected francophone Canadian writers. Novel analysis will include a discussion of literary theory and method as well as selected linguistic methods of text analysis. Much of the course will rely on individual homework and work with the text. In connection with the issue of intertextuality, several French (as well as other) writers which Ducharme either admires or parodies will be referred to (Lautréamont, Nelligan, Sartre, Gauvreau, Vian, etc.)
Literature
  • NARDOUT-LAFARGE, Élisabeth. Réjean Ducharme :une poétique du débris. Québec: Fides, 2001, 308 s. ISBN 2-7621-2251-1. info
  • LAURENT, Françoise. L'oeuvre romanesque de Réjean Ducharme. [Montreal]: Fides, 1988, 174 s. ISBN 2-7621-1431-4. info
  • SEYFRID-BOMMERTZ, Brigitte. La rhétorique des passions dans les romans d'enfance de Réjean Ducharme. [Sainte-Foy, Québec]: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1999, 268 s. ISBN 2-7637-7647-7. info
  • L'ode et le désode : essai de sociocritique sur Les enfantômes de Réjean Ducharme. info
  • VURM, Petr. L´amour éclaté et recomposé. Sur quelques particularités de la réécriture de Réjean Ducharme (Shattered and recomposed love. On a few particularities of rewriting in Réjean Ducharme). Romanica Silesiana. Katowice: Wydawnictvo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2008, vol. 2007, No 2, p. 128-137. ISSN 1898-2433. info
  • VURM, Petr. La topographie réelle et imaginaire de Réjean Ducharme: de l'extérieur a l'intérieur (The real and imaginary topography of Réjean Ducharme: from the outside to the inside). In Images of Canada: Interiors and Exteriors. Bělehrad: Faculty of Philosophy of Niš, 2007, p. 243-250. ISBN 978-86-7379-137-1. info
  • GAUVIN, Lise. La fabrique de la langue : de François Rabelais à Réjean Ducharme. [Paris]: Éditions du Seuil, 2004, 342 s. ISBN 2020387182. info
  • VAILLANCOURT, Pierre-Louis. Réjean Ducharme : de la pie grièche à l'oiseau-moqueur. Paris: Harmattan, 2000, 252 s. ISBN 2747500853. info
  • VERREAULT, Robert. L'autre côté du monde : le passage à l'âge adulte chez Michel Tremblay, Réjean Ducharme, Anne Hébert et Marie-Claire Blais. Montréal: Liber, 1998, 164 s. ISBN 2921569604. info
  • Paysages de Réjean Ducharme. Edited by Pierre-Louis Vaillancourt. Québec: Fides, 1994, 319 s. ISBN 276211585X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by this author. 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
Credit – work with text.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008.
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