French Contemporary Literature
Code
711111048
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Ana Paiva Morais
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Read and understand texts of French Contemporary Literature in relevant aspects;
2. recognize the historical and cultural contexts of the texts in the syllabus;
3. understand the writing process specific of the texts in the syllabus;
4. become familiar with relevant theoretic issues in contemporary french literature and their contexts;
5. become skilled in the analysis of sellected works of this period;
6. be able to produce critical arguments about relevant issues in French Contemporary Literature;
7. be able to organize a research paper under tutorial supervision about a topic of the syllabus.
Prerequisites
Level A.2.2. of French language.
Subject matter
Breton, A. (1994). Les manifestes du surréalisme. Paris: Gallimard.
Compagnon, A. (1989). Proust entre deux siècles. Paris: Seuil.
(1990). Les cinq paradoxes de la modernité. Paris: Seuil.
Deleuze, G. (2014). Proust et les signes. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Pautrot, J.-L. et Allegre, C. (2004). Pascal Quignard ou le noyau incommunicable. Montréal: Presses de lUniversité de Montréal.
Sheringham, S. (2006). Everyday Life. Theories and Practices from Surrealism to the Present. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Tadié, J.-Y. (1971). Proust et le roman. Paris: Gallimard.
Cerquiglini, B. (2012). Le roman dhier à demain. Paris: Gallimard.
Bibliography
PHILIPPE LEJEUNE, Le Pacte Autobiographique, Seuil.
ALAIN BADIOU, Le siècle, Seuil.
MICHEL CARROUGES, André Breton et les données fondamentales du surréalisme, coll. Idées, NRF.
MICHEL CONTAT, Sartre : L´invention de la liberté,. Textuel, coll. Passion, Paris 2005.
JEAN YVES TADIÉ, Le récit poétique, coll. Tel, Seuil.
Teaching method
1. Lectures on the main items on the syllabus focusing on cultural and literary aspects of the texts in the syllabus and other works focusing specifically on literary analysis but also considering literary, artistic, cultural and theory contexts; regular use of appropriate web resources shall be encouraged and the Moddle platform will be used as a main tool for individual and collective work;
2. Critical discussion in the classroom of the texts in the syllabus, as well as analysis of literary texts;
3. Individual tutorial supervision of oral and written work.
Seminars: 60%, lectures: 40%
Evaluation method
Information retained, competences of critical and conceptual texts analysis as well as individual work produced will be taken into account.
1. Classroom discussions of topics in the syllabus - 20%;
2. one written classroom assignment - 40%;
3. written essay to be discussed in class - 40%.