FJ1A024 French Literature IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
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. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
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 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.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of French literature in the 2nd half of the 20th century;
- identify and characterize main personnalities od fr. poetry, prose and drama in the 2nd half of the 20th century;
- Write an essay (commentaire composé) comparing 2 outstanding works of this period.
Syllabus
  • Program of the course :
  • 1. French Novel 1940 - 1980 - Introduction
  • 2. French Novel 1940 - 1980 - Social criticism (Louis Aragon, Louis-Fredinand Céline)
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • DYTRT, Petr. Antologie textů k francouzské literatuře 2. pol. 20. století (Anthology of 20th Century French literature II). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 210 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6481-2. 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar. In the seminar, students are supposed to have read the books on the list of compulsory readings and prepared for discussion the extracts in study materials. Paper.
Assessment methods
Credits will be assigned on the basis of fulfilling of these requirements:
Attendance at the seminar is mandatory.
The final grade will consist of the following parts (all parts must be completed, grade will be determined by the final sum of the points):
a) Active participation in class;
b) Commentary - "Commentaire composé" (in the form of a tabletop essay) (50% of final grade).
c) Oral exam consisting of a commentary on one of the excerpts from the Anthologie de la litt. fr. de la 2e moitié du XXe s., an analysis of one of the works from the list "Povinná četba - Lecture (textes analysés pendant le cours)", a definition and contextualization of one of the authors or literary movements or currents covered during the course. (50% of final grade)
Total 100%.
Scale
100-93=A
92-85=B
84-77=C
76-69=D
68-60=E
59-0=F
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je součástí souborné a bakalářské zkoušky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/22-23/course/view.php?id=748
All course materials are available in the online learning facility (ELF): https://elf.phil.muni.cz/22-23/course/view.php?id=748
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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