19th and 20th Century French Literature
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2017-2018
01012023
Área Científica do Menor
Portuguese
French
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Teaching Methods
Lectures by the teacher or the students.
Analysis, discussion and presentation of theoretical texts and / or examples.
Research work and written essays (with eventual oral presentations).
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester, students are expected
(i) To have mastered general concepts about different literary movements. These will be relevant for the texts and the authors of the syllabus and their most important features.
(ii) To have understood the influence of historical and cultural contexts in the syllabus’s literary texts.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1. Realism, Naturalism and their expression on Zola’s and Maupassant’s works.
2. Humanism of christian inspiration in François Mauriac’s fiction.
3. French Existencialism and the II World War: Albert Camus’s narrative fiction.
Head Lecturer(s)
Cristina Maria Silva Robalo Cordeiro
Assessment Methods
Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%
Continuous evaluation
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%
Bibliography
Becker, C. 2000. Lire le réalisme et le naturalisme. Paris: Nathan-Université.
Bersani, J., Autrand,M., Lecarme,J., Vercier, B. 1982. La Littérature en France de 1945 à 1968. Paris: Bordas.
Brunel, P.1986. Histoire de la Littérature Française- XIX et XX siècles. Paris: Bordas.
Corbic, A. 2003. Camus - L' absurde, la révolte, l'amour. Paris: Ed. de L' Atelier.
Sartre, J-P.1968. Situações I. Lisboa: Europa-América.
1991. François Mauriac et les romanciers de l'inquiétude, de 1914 à 1945. Cahiers François Mauriac (18). Paris: Grasset.