Course: 19th Century French Literature

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Course title 19th Century French Literature
Course code KRF/19L
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 unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Voždová Marie, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Zatloukal Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
This course will cover the following topics: 1. French preromantism, François René de Chateaubriand, the restorer of the medieval times, iniciator of the modern melancholy, "mal du siecle". 2. The Romantic period and its principals, the hegemony of poetry. Lamartine: philosophical and narrative poetry. Musset: sentimental and declamatory poetry. Vigny: poetry of existencial sensations. Nerval: esoterical aspect of poetry, dream - myth, modernity. 3. Hugo: richness and diversity of his production, its social and manicheistic undertone, antithesis, development of the subjective to the objective. 4. The noverl of the Romantic period. Balzac: historian, psychologist, realist, visionary. Total novel. Stendhal - rationalist, sensualist, psychologist. 5. The outset of positivism, realism and naturalism; the role of science. Flaubert, Goncourt, Maupassant, Daudet, Zola. 6. Parnassianism and its representatives. 7. Decadence and symbolism. 8. Tendencies in criticism of the 19th century: biographical, dogmatic and impressionist criticism.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 20 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.
The acquired competences correspond with the specified objectives of the course.
Prerequisites
It is recommended to complete the courses Analysis and Interpretation of Poetic Literary Text and History and Culture of France 1 and 2.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work

1. regular attendance and active participation in the seminars 2. preparation for each class, knowledge of the text to be analysed The exam will test the understanding of the literary history of the given epoch and the literary theory.
Recommended literature
  • Deshusses, P. (1984). Dix siecles 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 siecle. Paris: Nathan.
  • Sabatier, R. (1988). Histoire de la poésie française. Paris: Albin Michel.
  • van Tieghem, P. (1968). Les grandes doctrines littéraires en France. Paris: PUF.
  • Zatloukal, A. (1995). Studie o francouzském románu. Olomouc: Votobia.


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