French Literature II

Code:

FLUP0093

Acronym:

LITFR2

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EE	3	Official Study Plan - LEE	3	2,5	5	-
			4
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	3	2,5	5	-
EEFA	0	Official Study Plan - LEEFA	3	2,5	5	-
EEFI	0	Official Study Plan - LEEFI	3	2,5	5	-
EEIA	0	Official Study Plan - LEEIA	3	2,5	5	-
EELRI	0	Official Study Plan - LEELRI	3	2,5	5	-
EFA	4	Official Study Plan - LEFA	2	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LEFA	2	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 4º ao 5º ano	2	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	2	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	2	2,5	5	-
EFI	25	Official Study Plan - LEFI	2	2,5	5	-
EPF	24	Official Study Plan - LEPF	2	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	2	2,5	5	-
EPO	2	Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	3	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LEPO	3	2,5	5	-

Objectives

This subject focuses on the contemporary French novel and aims to establish a connection between literary history and text analysis, paying particular attention to the study and issues of what we believe to be one of the main trends in 20th and 21st-century writing: «to take the poetic experience and the philosophical experience of language as far as possible » (J. Derrida).

Program

- Historical contexts and aesthetical assumptions of early 20th-century French novel;
- La Nouvelle Revue française and the return to «classicism»: L’immoraliste de André Gide;
- Novel and Surrealism: Le Rivage des Syrtes by Julien Gracq ;
- Crisis of language and experimentation: Moderato Cantabile by Marguerite Duras;
- Terrasse à Rome by Pascal Quignard, a new «classicism»?

Main Bibliography

BLOCH, Béatrice – Le Roman contemporain – liberté et plaisir du lecteur, Paris, L’Harmattan, 1998 ;
BRUNEL, Pierre – Glissements du roman frnaçais au XX ème siècle, Paris, Klincksieck, 2001 ;
CHARTIER, Pierre – Introduction aux grandes théories du roman, Paris, Nathan Université, 1998 ;
CHÉNIEUX-GENDRON, Jacqueline, Le Surréalisme et le Roman, Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1992 ;
DAMBRE, M. ; GOSSELIN-NOAT, M. – L’éclatement des genres au XX ème siècle, Paris, Presses Universitaires de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2001 ;
KUNDERA, Milan – L’Art du roman, Paris, Gallimard, 1986 ;
RAIMOND, Michel – La crise du roman – des lendemains du Naturalisme aux années vingt, Paris, Corti, 1966 ;
RAIMOND, Michel – Le Roman, paris, Armand Colin, 2001 ;
REUTER, Yves – Introduction à l’analyse du roman, Paris, Bordas, 1991 ;
RYKNER, Arnaud, Pans Liberté de l’½uvre et résistance du texte, Paris, José Corti, 2004.
SARRAUTE, Nathalie – L’ère du soupçon, Paris, Gallimard, Folio essais, 1956 ;
TADIÉ, Jean-Yves – Le Roman au XX ème siècle, Paris, Belfond, 1990.

Bibliography will be completed and updated at the beginning of the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the final exam (on a scale from 0 to 20 marks).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final exam counts for 100% of the final mark.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese and French.

Consultation hours: Monday and Wednesday, from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, Room 315, Torre A.