Classic French Literature

Code:

LLC085

Acronym:

LFC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	French Literature

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

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
LLC	10	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Português & Francês

Objectives

The aim is to provide an overview of French culture and literature from the Renaissance to Classicism by choosing some topics from a defined literary corpus.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the teaching of this programme, students are expected to have acquired a general perspective of the authors and texts produced in the French Renaissance and Classicism in close relation with their socio-political contexts.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Middle French: major features for the reading of texts;
Classical French: major features for reading texts;

2. The French Renaissance and the War of Religion;

3. François Rabelais;

4. Michel de Montaigne;

5. Blaise Pascal;

6. Jean Racine.

Mandatory literature

Bellenger, Yvonne; Montaigne, une fête pour l'esprit, 1987
Lazard, Madeleine; Michel de Montaigne, 1992
Compagnon, Antoine; Nous, Michel de Montaigne, 1980
Demerson, Guy; Rabelais, 1991
Lazard, Madeleine; Rabelais l'humaniste, 1993
Vachon, G. A.; Rabelais tel quel, 1977

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Lectures;



2. Commented reading of works;



3. Participation in scientifically related events.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	50,00
Trabalho de investigação	62,00
Total:	162,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Average of all assessment components.