Nineteenth Century French Literature
Code
711111050
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
Teresa Almeida
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know the French Romanticism and to be abre to relate it to similar movements from other European literatures and cultures;
b) Know how to identify some of the characteristic elements of the start of modernity;
c) To be able to link the typical texts of the period with literary analysis;
d) To have the critical ability to analyse theoretical thinking, knowing how to link certain concepts with the reading of the works studied in the syllabus.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
I. Introduction
How to study the French nineteenth century? Analysis of available resources.
II French Romanticism
1. The construction of a theoretical framework
Mme de Staël: reading a few extracts from ´De la littérature considérée dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales´ (1800) and ´De l´Allemagne´ de 1810
´Racine et Shakespeare´ by Stendhal (1823)
´Préface de Cromwell´ by Victor Hugo (1827)
2. Romantic poetry: Lamartine
3. The novel of the 1830s: ´Le Rouge et le noir´ by Stendhal and ´Lélia´ by George Sand
III. At the dawn of Modernity / \"the desperate children of the Romantics\"
1. Baudelaire
1.1. ´Le peintre de la vie moderne´ (1863) or a new theory or art
1.2. ´Les fleurs du mal´: reading of some poems
2. ´L´éducation sentimentale´ by Flaubert or a disenchanted novel
Bibliography
Benjamin, W. (1990). Charles Baudelaire. Un poète lyrique à l´apogée du capitalisme. Paris: Payot.
Burgwinkle, W, Hammond, N. & Wilson, E. (Eds) (2011). The Cambridge History of French Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.450-478, 496-503.
Hollier, D. (dir.) (1993). De la littérature française. Paris: Bordas, p. 583-602, 618-623, 683-687, 723-727.
Compagnon, A. (1983). La Troisième République des lettres : de Flaubert à Proust. Paris : Éditions du Seuil.
Mélonio, F., Marchal, B. & Noiret, J. (2007). XIXe siècle. In Mélonio, F., Marchal, B., Noiray, J. & Compagnon, A. (dir.). La littérature française: dynamique et histoire. Paris: Folio, p. 295-541.
Teaching method
Lectures: 60%; Seminars: 40%.
Theoretical analysis on the different points of the programme. Close reading of texts with students. Tutorial guidance, with a view to preparing research work.
Evaluation method
2 tests - 60%; 1 assignment- 30%; Attendance and/or participation - 10%.
Worker-Students should contact the teacher in the first two weeks of classes in order to establish a work programme.