19th and 20th Century French Literature

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)

No

Syllabus

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)

Maria do Rosário Neto dos Santos Mariano

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.