Course: French Literature Written in the American Continent

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Course title French Literature Written in the American Continent
Course code KRF/FLAK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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.
  • Matoušková Jiřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course will cover the following topics: 1. French language writing authors in America and the specificity of their production 2. French language written literature in the USA and Canada 3. Haitian literature 4. French language writing authors in South America 5. French language writing women writers; the topics and language of their expression and its peculiarity

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
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to make the students familiar with the history of the literature written in French on the American continent, the main authors and their principal works.
understanding of the rules of co-existence of literatures in different languages in the American context, on the social and cultural background perfection of the ability to work with literary terminology improvement of the ability to interpret a text as a structure of meaning, apply different historical and current methods of literary analysis on particular texts development of the ability to discuss a professional matter
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

1. regular attendance and active participation in the seminars 2. preparation on each class, knowledge of the text to be analysed The exam will test the knowledge of the covered francophone authors and their works.
Recommended literature
  • Fryčer, J. a kol. (2002). Slovník francouzsky píšících autorů. Praha: Libri.
  • Kyloušek, P. a kol. (2009). My, oni, já: hledání identity v kanadské literatuře a filmu. Brno: Host.
  • Kyloušek, P. (2005). Dějiny francouzsko-kanadské a quebecké literatury. Brno: Host.


Study plans that include the course
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