SZ7MP_TAK Literature of authors influenced by Christianity in French Literature of the 19th and 20th century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marcela Poučová, Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course in Czech version is intended for Students of all Bc. or Master departements. The course focuses on selected chapters from French literature of the 19th-21th century influenced by Christianity.
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
At the end of this course the student should be capable: to learn the literature of this period; to define the main characteristics of different literary styles and to explain how the influence of Christianity; to demonstrate theory of concrete examples from texts. After this course the student should be capable of applying acquired knowledge in writing of seminar and undergraduate works.
Syllabus
  • I. Introduction to the influence of Christianity on literature, historical overview and context (Maritain) II. Romantism (Chateaubriand, Hugo) III. Difficult search for identity during the 19th century (Barbey d’Aurevilly) IV. Conversion to Christianity of intellectuals (Claudel, Huysmans, Péguy) V. Catholic novel in the first half of the 20th century (Mauriac, Bernanos, Green) VI. Poetry and Mysticism (Noel, Jammes, Emmanuel) VII. The spiritual trends in the literature turn of the 20th and 21 century (Germain, Bobin, Schmitt)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Panorama francouzské literatury : od počátku po současnost. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2012, 715 s. ISBN 9788072945658. info
  • BAKEŠOVÁ, Václava. Ticho a naděje. Křesťanské prvky v literární tvorbě Marie Noelové, Suzanne Renaudové a Sylvie Germainové (Silence and hope. Christian elements in the literary works of Mariey Noel, Suzanne Renaud and Sylvie Germain). 1st ed. Brno: CDK / Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 391 pp. Edice Dějiny a kultura, sv. č. 24. ISBN 978-80-7325-260-1. info
  • BAKEŠOVÁ, Václava. La Conversion de Joris-Karl Huysmans (Joris-Karl Huysmans Conversion). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 159 pp. Pd-54/09-02/58. ISBN 978-80-210-5076-1. info
  • DYTRT, Petr, Jovanka ŠOTOLOVÁ and Ladislav VÁCLAVÍK. Současná francouzská literatura (Překlad z francouzštiny) (French literature in the present: Heritage, Modernity, Mutations.). 2008th ed. Praha: Garamond, 2008, 564 pp. Francouzská knihovna. ISBN 978-80-7407-034-1. URL info
  • GUGELOT, Fréderic. La conversion des intellectuels au catholicisme en France (1885-1935). Paris: CNRS, 2007, 559 s. ISBN 9782271070678. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Dějiny francouzské literatury v kostce. (Concise History of French Literature.). Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 469 pp. ISBN 80-7198-240-7. info
Teaching methods
Seminary, discussion, presentation.
Assessment methods
Workshop Ending: credit. Requirements for ending: the active participation or writting analysis of texts (Home preparation); seminar work - presentation of one author on his book.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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