Course: 19th Century French Literature 1

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Course title 19th Century French Literature 1
Course code KRF/19L1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • 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.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 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.
The acquired competences correspond with the specified objectives of the course.
Prerequisites
Completion of the first year of studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work

The conditions for the successful completion of this course are active participation and fulfillment of all the teacher's requirements.
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.


Study plans that include the course
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