FJ3052 Development of French Language

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, 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
Timetable
Thu 8:00–8:50 učebna 55
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
FJ3052/01: Thu 9:00–9:50 učebna 55, Z. Schejbalová
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
The aim of the lecture is introduction to issues of the evolution of French. It is the only comprehensive linguistic discipline throughout the Bachelor's and Master's degree, which conceives of language in diachronic terms and clearly shows and proves the system linking the individual linguistic disciplines. Students receive a comprehensive and deeper look at language as a system of partial systems. This subject links, deepens and completes linguistic knowledge, so far obtained separately only from the synchronic perspective. It is counted, therefore, with good knowledge of phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical acquired synchronously, and these are further enriched and developed further the knowledge and understanding of the diachronic point of view. The interpretation is maintained with regard to the current state of the language and its further evolution. Future teachers will be encouraged to be able, during their interpretation of the French language State to pupils, to explain why this is so, and to justify the many exceptions in all language plans of the current language. Due to the lack of time subsidy, the interpretation especially focuses on the stage, in which it is experienced to the most significant linguistic modifications. The subject Evolution of French language – seminar immediately follows the subject Evolution of French language -lecture, the only comprehensive linguistic discipline throughout the Bachelor's and Master's degree, which conceives of language in diachronic terms and clearly shows and proves the system linking the individual linguistic disciplines. The aim of the subject is the practical application of the knowledge acquired in the lecture Evolution of French language. Through linguistic analysis of the short selection from medieval French literature we pursue the main linguistic characteristics (phonetic, morphological, syntactic, lexical) of studied periods.
Learning outcomes
After the lecture student will be able to: - identify and summarize important features of French language evolution; - perceive the system of interconnection of individual linguistic disciplines from a diachronic point of view; - explain exceptions in the current language; - apply acquired knowledge in the teaching practice. After the seminar course student will be able to: - apply practicaly knowledges acquired in the lecture Language evolution; - analyze short text from medieval French literature; - search for information in the etymological dictionary; - to recognize the linguistic, morphological, syntactic and lexical changes in Old French texts; - Understand and explain the specifics of the current French spelling with regard to the pronunciation; - to explain some morphological specifics (eg forms of irregular verbs, ...); - to perceive and understand the dialectic diversity of French; - to understand the linkage of language development with the development of society and its culture; - apply theoretical knowledge in linguistic analysis. period.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of lectures (one chapter = 2 weeks) 1. Introduction: evolutional stages of the French. 2. Vulgar Latin. 3. Gallic substrate, Germanic superstrate. 4. Galloroman. 5. Old French (IXth-XIIth century). 6. Old French (XIIIth-XIVth century). Syllabus of seminars (one text = 2 weeks) 1. Serment de Strasbourg. 2. Séquence de Sainte Eulalie. 3. Chanson de Roland. 4. Aucassin et Nicolette. 5. Roman de Renard. 6. Jean Froissart.
Literature
    required literature
  • HÉLIX, Laurence. L'ancien français en 18 textes et 18 leçons. Paris: Armand Colin, 2014, 212 s. ISBN 9782200286224. info
  • PICOCHE, Jacqueline and Christiane MARCHELLO-NIZIA. Histoire de la langue française. [Paris]: Nathan, 1991, 397 s. ISBN 209190502X. info
  • OSTRÁ, Růžena. Přehled vývoje románských jazyků. Vyd. 2. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 130 s. info
    recommended literature
  • BURIDANT, Claude. Grammaire nouvelle de l'ancien français. [Paris]: Sedes, 2000, 800 s. ISBN 2-7181-9265-8. info
  • ZINK, Gaston. L'ancien français : (XIe-XIIIe siecle). 5. éd. mise a jour. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2000, 127 s. ISBN 2130506291. info
  • ANDRIEUX-REIX, Nelly and Emmanuèle BAUMGARTNER. Ancien français : exercices de morphologie. 4. éd. corr. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1999, 144 s. ISBN 2130453031. info
  • MARCHELLO-NIZIA, Christiane. Le français en diachronie : douze siècles d'évolution. Paris: Ophrys, 1999, 170 s. ISBN 2708009133. info
  • GREIMAS, Algirdas Julien. Dictionnaire de l'ancien français : le Moyen Âge. Paris: Larousse, 1997, xxi, 630. ISBN 2033403270. info
  • BALDINGER, Kurt and Frankwalt MÖHREN. Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1993, xix s., 63. ISBN 3-484-50172-3. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, consultations (for combined study)+ Seminar
Assessment methods
Credit: at the end of the semester, students write a test in French on studied topics.Seminar: During the semester students process the seminal work in the French language on a given topic.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium 8 hod. konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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