Contemporary Francophone Literature

Code:

LLC075

Acronym:

LCEF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literature

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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
LLC	3	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
		study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and French

Objectives

This course aims to a general survey of French literature of XX-XXI centuries by

1. the analysis of some key authors ( or extracts, or integral works) .
2. The study of different socio-cultural contexts and their articulation with changes in aesthetics.T
3. The comparison of literary trends in France with the French-speaking "hors Héxagone", and/or with other cultural and literary contexts

Learning outcomes and competences

- Knowledge of the major changes in French literature during the 20th and early 20th centuries;


  -Ability to analyse literary texts (from the extract to the complete work), taking into account both their expressive potential and their relationship with the historical context (both social and artistic)

- Development of reading and writing skills in French and Portuguese, through some translation exercises of literary texts.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Between tradition and modernity : Guillaume Apollinaire and Blaise Cendrars

2. Paths of Surrealism: Paul Éluard and Henri Michaux,

3. The literary phenomenon of Albert Camus's L'Etranger and its post-colonial aftershock.

4. Human existence on stage: Jean-Paul Sartre and Samuel Beckett.

5. History and literature: Marguerite Yourcenar and Marguerite Duras.

6. Between the two shores of the Mediterranean: Tahar Ben Jelloun and Leila Slimani.
   


(According to the French level of the students, excerpts and translations will be used )

Mandatory literature

Albert Camus; L.étranger
Guillaume Apollinaire; Alcools
Jean Cocteau; A^voz humana. ISBN: 972-37-0166-9
Marguerite Yourcenar; Oeuvres romanesques. ISBN: 2-07-011018-4
Viart, Dominique; "Comment nommer la littérature contemporaine?
Coutinho, Ana Paula (ed); Marguerite Duras - Palavras e imagens da insistência , 2015

Complementary Bibliography

Cabral, Maria de Jesus 300; Lumières d.Albert Camus
Biondi, Carminella, 1937- 340; Voyage et connaissance dans l.oeuvre de Marguerite Yourcenar
BRUNEL, Pierre ; Glissements du Roman Français au XXe siècle, Klincksiek, 2001
BRAUDEAU, Michel ; Le Roman Français Contemporain, Adpf, 2002
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
COUTY, Daniel; Histoire de la Littérature Française, Larousse, 2000
Viart, Dominique; La^littérature française au présent. ISBN: 978-2-04-730947-6
Guérin Jeanyves 300; Dictionnaire Albert Camus. ISBN: 978-2-221-10734-8
BRETON, André ; Manifestes du Surréalisme, Gallimard. ISBN: 1975
Viart, Dominique 340; La^littérature française du 20e siécle lue de l99étranger. ISBN: 978-2-7574-0207-8

Comments from the literature

Other specific literature will be recommended during the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, pratical classes and tutorials.

Software

datashow

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Teste	50,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	116,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho escrito	2,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	2,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment components: Attendance, participation, home working, oral presenation: 50% ;
Test: 50%.

Nota bene: For a sucessful evaluation in the course unit, the student can not have a rating lower tahan 9/20 in the written test and the average of the two components should be positive. 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According  Flup rules for those situations.

Classification improvement

In order to obtain a positive final mark or to improve the grade, only the test can be repeated at the time of the appeal exam. Otherwise, the final average will follow the pre-established weighting. 

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese and French