Contemporary Francophone Literature

Code:

LLC075

Acronym:

LCEF

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	0	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	20	Joint Language Plan-German/French	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Single Language Plan-French	2	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Introduce and identify key moments in French literature in the 20th and 21st centuries
2. Examine and recognise socio-cultural contexts and textual changes in literary discourses and their critical reception.
3. Develop the practice of text analysis, integrating and relating knowledge.

Program

1. The limelights at the beginning of the 20th century and their legacies. (Apollinaire and Surrealism);
2. The tradition of literature of ideas (Camus and Malraux)
3. Literature under study and its textual practices
4. Decentralised imaginaries (Le Clézio, Assia Djebar, Tahar Ben Jelloun)

Mandatory literature

BRUNEL, Pierre ; Glissements du Roman Français au XXe siècle, Klincksiek, 2001
BRAUDEAU, Michel ; Le Roman Français Contemporain, Adpf, 2002
BRETON, André ; Manifestes du Surréalisme, Gallimard. ISBN: 1975
CHÉNIER-GENDRON, Jacqueline ; Le Surréalisme, PUF, 1984
BLANCKEMAN, Bruno ; Les Fictions Singulières : étude sur le roman français contemporain, Prétexte Éditeur, 2002
BANCQUART, Marie-Claire et Pierre Cahne ; Littérature Française du XXe siècle, PUF, 1992
FAVRE, Robert ; La Littérature Française: histoire et perspectives , Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1998
GUIGOT, André ; Sartre et l’Existentialisme, Éditions Milan, 2000
COUTY, Daniel; Histoire de la Littérature Française, Larousse, 2000
SARTRE, Jean-Paul ; L’Existentialisme est un Humanisme, Les Éditions Nagel, 1962

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes, practical classes and tutorials.

Software

datashow

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature
Humanities
Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > French literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho escrito	60,00		2011-07-15
	Exame	2,00		2011-07-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	44	2011-07-15
	Total:	44,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment components:
. Exam - 60%
. Participation in class/reading reports/work developed during the semester - 40%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese and French