19th Century French Culture
Code
711111088
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquire a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between the historical, cultural, social and political dimensions of nineteenth-century France;
b) Develop knowledge about the nineteenth-century France and seize the main complexities of the century;
c) Analyze and compare various forms of intervention (painting, music, literature);
d) Reflect on theoretical texts and essays related to the most relevant topics;
e) Produce reflections and critical thinking about issues related to the themes addressed during the semester.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
In the context of the defined objectives for the course the following themes will be developed :
1. France in 1789
2. The French Revolution
3. Napoleon Bonaparte and the Napoleonic epic
4. Cultural trends (I): Romanticism
5. The Restoration and the July Monarchy
6. The Revolution of 1848
7. Cultural trends (II): Realism
8. The Second Republic
9. \"The last day of a condemned man\": Victor Hugo and the debate on death penalty
10. Cultural trends (III): Naturalism
11. The Second Empire
12. Napoleon III
13. Cultural trends (IV): Baron Haussmann and the urban transformation of Paris
14. The crisis of 1870
15. The Paris Commune
16. Utopias, Anarchism and Socialism in the nineteenth century France
17. Cultural trends (V): Impressionism
18. The Third Republic: Institutions
19. The Third Republic: The \"Boulangisme\" crisis and the \"Panama scandal\"
20. The Third Republic: The \"Dreyfus Affair\"
Bibliography
- AA.VV. (2007). Nouvelle Histoire de la France Contemporaine (Tomes 1 à 10). Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
- Ferro, M. (2011). História de França. Lisboa: Edições 70.
- Rémond, R. (2002). Introduction à lHistoire de notre temps (Tomes 1-2). Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
- Rioux, J-P. and Sirinelli, J-F. (2005). Histoire Culturelle de la France (Tome 3). Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
- Winock, M. (2003). La France Politique: XIXe - XXe siècle. Paris: Seuil.
- Winock, M. (1999). Le siècle des intellectuels. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
Teaching method
Theoretical lectures (60%) combined with practical classes (40%).
Evaluation method
Two written tests, one in the middle and one at the end of the class period (60%). Oral presentation (30%). Attendance and participation in practical classes (10%).