FJ0B640 Post-exoticism of A. Volodine

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Thierry Saint Arnoult, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Thierry Saint Arnoult, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FJIA006 Practical French II
Textes au programme (a lire impérativement): - Antoine Volodine, Le Nom des singes, Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1994. - Antoine Volodine, Des anges mineurs, Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1999 [2001 en poche]. - Antoine Volodine, Songes de Mevlido, Editions du Seuil, Paris, 2007.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course has three principal goals: 1. To study the work of Antoine Volodine(the strange "post-exoticism"). The interest of this work lies in the fact that it is of great originality and that it can serve as a model to question present History.
2. On a theoretical level, we will see the great categories of novel analysis through the studied novels.
3. Finally, the course will allow us to mention several contemporary French writers, especially to question the role of the "Nouveau Roman" in contemporary literature.
Syllabus
  • Course No 1 (1 October) : Presentation of the course and of the author
  • Course No 2 (8 October) : Presentation of the texts & analysis of the incipits
  • Course No 3 (15 October) : The characters
  • Course No 4 (22 October) : The plots
  • Course No 5 (29 October) : The time
  • Course No 6 (5 November) : Post-exotic spaces
  • Course No 7 (12 November) : Traces of politics
  • Course No 8 (19 November) : End of history
  • Course No 9 (26 November) : Dreams of post-exoticism
  • Course No 10 (3 December) : Shamanic presences
  • Course No 11 (10 December) : The humour of the disaster
  • Course No 12 (17 December) : The post-exotic system (conclusions of the course)
Literature
  • Antoine Volodine, Songes de Mevlido, Editions du Seuil, Paris, 2007.
  • Zbytek viz
  • Antoine Volodine, Le Nom des singes, Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1994.
  • Antoine Volodine, Des anges mineurs, Editions dSeuil, Paris, 1999 [2001 en poche].
  • VOLODINE, Antoine. Menší andělé : naráty. Translated by Mirka Ševčíková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2005, 173 s. ISBN 8071857718. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors. 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
Papers- 1 reading record 1 commentary
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
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