Literatura Francesa do Século XIX (not translated) - 2nd semester
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
Margarida Reffóios
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know the French romanticism, relating it with the equivalent movements of other literatures and European cultures;
b) To identify some characteristic features of early modernity;
c) be able to articulate the programmatic texts of the time with literary analysis;
d) have critical capacity to analyze the theoretical thinking, knowing articulate some concepts with the reading of the works studied in the program.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
General theme: From Rousseau to Proust: the modernity of French Romanticism
1. The pre-Romanticism in France and Europe in general. prevailing aesthetic trends: Rousseau and Madame de .Staël.
2.The first romantic generation: Chateaubriand and Lamartine.
3.The transition to Symbolism: Victor Hugo, Nerval, Baudelaire.
4.Proust and the heritage of Romanticism and Modernity.
Bibliography
As obras a estudar e as respectivas edições serão indicadas na primeira aula.
Bibliografia passiva :
BENJAMIM, Walter, « Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle », in Écrits français, Paris, Gallimard, 1991
COMPAGNON, Antoine , Proust entre deux siècles, Paris, Ed. du Seuil, 1989.
PEYRE, Henri, Quest-ce que le Romantisme? , Paris, PUF, 1979.
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.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
Two written tests, one in the middle and one at the end of the class period (80%). Attendance and participation in practical classes (20%).