19th and 20th Century French Literature

Recommended Prerequisites

Enough French knowledge to read the syllabus literary works. 

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 Balzac’s, Zola’s and Maupassant’s works.

2. « Fin de siècle » literature and Marcel Proust (La Confession d’une jeune fille)

3. Existentialism and the Philosophy of Absurd: Albert Camus’s narrative fiction (L’hôte)

4. Contemporary writing in Patrick Modiano (Dora Bruder).

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria do Rosário Neto dos Santos Mariano

Assessment Methods

Periodic Assessment
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Becker, C. 2000. Lire le réalisme et le naturalisme. Paris: Nathan-Université.

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.

Grojnowski, D. (2000). Lire la nouvelle. Paris : Nathan Université.

Robalo-Cordeiro, C. (2000). Lógica do Incerto. Introdução à teoria da novela. Coimbra: Edições Minerva Coimbra.