Course: 19th Century French Literature 1

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Course title 19th Century French Literature 1
Course code KRF/19L1N
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction French
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Matoušková Jiřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zatloukal Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Discussed themes: 1. Social and cultural development of 19th century France. 2. French preromantic period and its characteristics. Madame de Staël. 3. François René de Chateaubriand, "mal du si?cle". 4. Romanticism and its principles, hegemony of poetry. 5. Alphonse de Lamartine, philosophical and narrative poetry. Alfred de Musset, sentimental and declamatory poetry. Alfred de Vigny, the poet of existential sentiment. Gérard de Nerval, the esoteric aspect of poetry, dream-myth, modernity. 6. Victor Hugo, poet. 7. French romantic drama, its rules and specifications. 8. Victor Hugo, dramatist. 9. Dramatists Alexandre Dumas senior, Alfred de Vigny and Alfred de Musset. 10. The novel in the romantic period. 11. Novelists Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas senior. 12. Honoré de Balzac - historian, psychologist, realist, visionary, total novel 13. Stendhal - rationalist, sensualist, psychologist.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 75 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to make the students familiar with the main literary movements of the 19th century and the authors. The seminars are focused on a detailed literary-theoretical analysis of the principal works.
Understanding the development of French 19th century literature within the context of societal and cultural changes. Perfecting the skill of working with literary terminology, interpreting text as a meaningful structure and applying various methods of literary analysis to specific textual material.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Student performance, Seminar Work

A successful completion of the course is conditioned by the student's presence in class, systematic preparation for the individual classes, active participation in the seminars, knowledge of the analysed texts and an in-class presentation.
Recommended literature
  • Deshusses, P. (1984). Dix si?cles de la littérature française. Paris, Bordas.
  • Fryčer, J. (1993). Le romantisme frénétique. Brno, Masarykova univerzita.
  • Kopal, J. (1949). Dějiny francouzské literatury. Praha, Melantrich.
  • Lagarde, A.- Michard, L. (1997). XIXe siecle. Paris: Bordas.
  • Mitterand, H. (1987). Littérature XIXe si?cle. Paris, Nathan.
  • Pohorský, A. (2000). Prokletí a básníci. Praha, Garamond.
  • Raymond, M. (1940). De Baudelaire au surréalisme. Paris, Corti.
  • Sabatier, R. (1988). Histoire de la poésie française. Paris, Albin Michel.
  • Šrámek, J. (2013). Panorama francouzské literatury od počátků po současnost. Brno, Host.
  • Tieghem, P. (1968). Les grandes doctrines littéraires en France. Paris, PUF.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter