Specialization Seminar: French Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Spoken and written proficiency in French.

Teaching Methods

This course unit will be made up of seminars, each of them lasting three hours; the modules will be fulfilled with lectures by the professor and the students, for which there is an implicit previous knowledge of the suggested documents and also of other complementary ones: all the sessions will include discussion moments to the entire class.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester students will be able to present an overview of achievements of people of French descent: France and the various French speaking communities.  Be able to critically address elements of cultural production, especially literary, from francophone countries such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and the Maghreb.  Although the objective is for students to have an essentially current view, they should also be able to use chronological approaches that help them understand cultural phenomena and their relationship to the history of peoples and cultures to which they belong.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This seminar is titled “French language Literatures and Cultures” and it mainly aims at presenting an overview of the human accomplishments of the French speaking peoples: from France and several other communities which express themselves in French. A special interest shall be devoted to the cultural production, mainly literary, of francophone countries such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and the Maghreb countries. Although it aims at providing a up to date perspective, this seminar will also provide some chronological approaches which might lead to a better understanding of cultural phenomena and how they are inserted into the History of their peoples and cultures.

N.B. The syllabus and bibliography may change depending on teaching staff.

Head Lecturer(s)

Professor a Definir - Faculdade de Letras

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Oral presentation: 20.0%
Assiduity and participation: 30.0%
Research work (30% written paper + 20% oral presentation): 50.0%

Bibliography

Bouguerra, M. R., &, Bouguerra, S. (2010). Histoire de la littérature du Maghreb, Paris,  éd. Marketing S. A.
von Busekist, A. (1998). La Belgique. Politique des langues et construction de l’État de 1780 à nos jours. Paris, Bruxelles: Deboeck-Duculot.
Dakkus, S. (2007).  Regards croisés sur les littératures suisses, CulturEnjeu, nov. (disponível em http://www.unil.ch/webdav/site/litch/shared/Cultureenjeu.pdf)
Gorceix, P.(2000). Littérature francofone de Belgique et de Suisse, Paris, éd. Marketing S. A.
Walls, T. (Ed.). (1995). Stereotypes and nations. Cracóvia: International Cultural Centre.