18093 - French Literature

Course contents

 

The course will consist of two parts: a general introduction to XIXth Century French Literature and a monographic part about

Books, Readers and Libraries in XIXth Century French Literature

In addition to classes, film adaptations and theatre plays of  the period will be shown.

Readings/Bibliography

Literary History:

Lionello SOZZI (a cura di), Storia europea della letteratura francese. II. Dal Settecento all’età contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 2013 (only parts concerning XIXth century literature) or Jean-Yves TADIÉ (sous la direction de), La littérature française: dynamique et histoire, Paris, Gallimard, 2007 (only parts concerning XIXth century literature) or Jean-Yves TADIÉ, Introduction à la vie littéraire du XIX^e siècle, Paris, Dunod, 1998.

- Arnold HAUSER, Storia sociale dell’arte, Torino, Einaudi, 1956 (only 2 chapters: La generazione del 1830 and Il Secondo Impero)

- Erich AUERBACH, Mimésis. La représentation de la réalité dans la littérature occidentale, Paris, Gallimard, 1984 (only two chapters A l’hôtel de La Mole and Germinie Lacerteux).

Anthology

Antologia cronologica della letteratura francese. L’Ottocento, Milano, LED, 1998 (30 "schede").

Readings:

Stendhal, Le rouge et le Noir

Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Joris Karl Huysmans, A rebours

Monografic Part

Texts analized during classes and

- Sandrine ARAGON, Pour une rhétorique de la lecture féminine. Evolution des images de lectrices dans les fictions françaises du XVII^e au XIX^e siècle, (de 1656 à 1856), in Isabelle BROUARD-ARENDS (sous la dir.), Lectrices d’Ancien Régime, Rennes, Presses Universitaires, 2003, pp. 455-467.

-Randa SABRY, Les lectures des héros de romans, in «Poétique», 94, avril 1993, pp. 185-204.

and one of these books:

- Sandrine ARAGON, Des liseuses en péril. Les images de lectrices dans les textes de fiction de ‘La Prétieuse’ de l’abbé de Pure à ‘Madame Bovary’, Paris, Champion, 2003.

- Daniel DESORMEAUX, La figure du bibliomane, Paris, Nizet, 2001.

- Joëlle GLEIZE, Le double miroir. Le livre dans les livres de Stendhal à Proust, Paris, Hachette Supérieur, 1992.

- Alberto CASTOLDI, Bibliofollia, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2004 (Sala Borsa, Universitaria, Italianistica, Lingue) and Renato NISTICÒ, La biblioteca, Bari, Laterza, 1999.

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures; participation is nevertheless highly encouraged.

Assessment methods

The exam consists in an oral interview during which the methodological and critical skills acquired by the student will be evaluated . The student will be invited to discuss the texts covered during the course and to move within the sources and bibliographical material in order to be able to identify in them the useful information. The achievement of an organic vision of the issues addressed during the classes and their critical use, which demonstrate ownership of a mastery of expression and specific language, will be assessed with marks of excellence (28-30).  Mechanical and / or mnemonic knowledge of matter, synthesis and analysis of non-articulating and / or correct language but not always appropriate will lead to discrete assessments (23-27); training gaps and / or inappropriate language – although in a context of minimal knowledge of the material  – will lead to votes that will not exceed the sufficiency (18-22). Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of guidance within the reference materials offered during the course will lead to failed assessments.

Teaching tools

Texts analized during classes will be available at Mastercopy, via Cartoleria, and uploaded in AMS CAMPUS-ALMA DL.

Office hours

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