FJIA025 French Literature IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ladislava Miličková, CSc.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
Wed 12:30–13:15 G24
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
FJIA025/01: Wed 13:20–14:05 G25, P. Dytrt
FJIA025/02: Wed 14:10–14:55 G25, P. Dytrt
Prerequisites
FJIA006 Practical French II && FJIA022 French Literature III
Written and oral examination of French Literature III.
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
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Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand the main trends in french novel, poetry and drama in the period from 1940 to 1968. Main discussed topics:
French modern and postmodern prose and theater of the second half of the 20th century: the stress will be put on new narrative conceptions and on the ideological and axiological tranformations.
Syllabus
  • Program of the course :
  • 1. French Novel 1919-1940 II Raymond Radiguet, Jean Giraudoux, Inquiétude spirituelle (François Mauriac, Georges Bernanos, Julien Green)
  • 2. French Novel 1919-1940 III a. Le roman de la grandeur humaine (Henry de Montherlant, André Malraux, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
  • b. Critique sociale et peinture des moeurs (Louis Aragon, Louis-Fredinand Céline, Henri Barbusse)
  • 3. Existentialism I Jean-Paul SARTRE
  • 4. Existentialism II Albert CAMUS, Simone de BEAUVOIR
  • 5. French Novel from 1940 I - Le Nouveau Roman I Alain ROBBE-GRILLET, Nathalie SARRAUTE
  • 6. French Novel from 1940 II - Le Nouveau Roman II Claude SIMON, Michel BUTOR, Robert PINGET
  • 7. French Novel from 1940 III - Surréalisme and novel: Pieyre de MANDIARGUES, Julien GRACQ, Boris VIAN, Jean-Marie Gustave Le CLEZIO, Michel TOURNIER
  • 8. French Novel from 1940 IV : Roger NIMIER, Antoine BLONDIN, Jacques LAURENT, Michel DEON
  • 9. French drama from 1940 I - Le Théâtre absurde Eugene IONESCO, Samuel BECKETT
  • 10. French drama from 1940 : Jean GENET, Fernando ARRABAL, René de OBALDIA, Arthur ADAMOV
  • 11. French poetry from 1940 : René CHAR, Henri MICHAUX, Yves BONNEFOY, SAINT-JOHN PERSE, Francis PONGE
  • 12. Inventions and playfulness – OULIPO : Raymond QUENEAU, Georges PEREC, Jacques ROUBAUD
  • 13. Test
Literature
  • 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
  • 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
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo and Simoneta DEMBICKÁ. Světové literatury 20. století v kostce : americká, britská, francouzská, italská, Latinské Ameriky, německá, ruská, španělská. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999, 239 s. ISBN 80-85983-80-X. info
  • Boisdeffre, Pierre de: Une histoire vivante de la littérature d`aujourd`hui
  • RADIMSKÁ, Jitka and Marcela HORAŽĎOVSKÁ. Anthologie de la littérature française. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2001, 171 s. ISBN 80-7238-109-1. info
  • 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. 2. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1983, 769 s. info
  • Dějiny francouzské literatury 19. a 20. stol. Edited by Jan Otokar Fischer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1979, 989 s. info
  • Slovník francouzsky píšících spisovatelů, Praha, Libri 2002
  • Jovanka Šotolová, Francouzská čítanka, Praha, Gutenberg 2004
  • LEPAPE, Pierre. Země literatury : od Štrasburských přísah do Sartrova pohřbu. Translated by Nora Obrtelová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2006, 519 s. ISBN 9788072942183. info
Assessment methods
Credits will be assigned on the basis of fulfilling of these requirements: a) Active participation in the seminar (5 points)
b) Essay on chosen poem (20 points)
c) Test in form of "disseration" (30 points)
d) Paper (oral or written (commentaire composé)) (20 points)
Evaluation
75-70=A
69-64=B
63-57=C
56-51=D
50-45=E
44-0 =F
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je součástí souborné a bakalářské zkoušky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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