History of France I

Code:

FLUP0108

Acronym:

HISFR1

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

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
EPF	33	Official Study Plan - LEPF	1	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	1	2,5	5	-

Objectives

Put into an essentially dynamic perspective – that of the study of the relationships between the social, economic, political and psychological spheres – this subject aims to go beyond mere dates and chronologies, to assimilate facts, figures and transformational movements. Based on such a perspective, this subject seeks to understand the forces that mould the individual unconscious and collective unconscious of the Gallic nation and that have contributed, throughout the centuries, to the formation of well-defined historical paradigms.

Program

Revolutions and counter-revolutions: shadow games
“The cult of personality: tyranny of leadership
* French monarchy throughout history – from the rise of French nationalism to the void in royal authority, and the ritualism of conflicts: from Charles Martel to Louis XIII, the conceptions of royal office.
* Louis XIV – the Sun-King mythology: the strengthening of royal power and its influence on the arts and letters; from the magnificence of Versailles to the revocation of Edict of Nantes; from continual wars to doubtful peace: the Treaty of Utrecht.
* Napoléon Ier – from consulate to empire: the heritage of the French Revolution; from the glory of Austerlitz to the solitude of St. Helena; Waterloo and the true end of the Napoleonic Empire.
“The exploration of man by man: from the euphoria of the Enlightenment to the dysphoria of darkness.
* The French Revolution – causes and consequences of the Enlightenment in France: from Illuminist rationalism to popular nationalism; from the storming of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man to the Period of Terror; the dangers of nationalism.
* France and the World Wars – “the barbarity of modern times”: from Verdun, the longest and bloodiest battle of World War I to the Treaty of Versailles, a peace full of threats. The European disintegration and the German offensive in 1940: Pétain, the Vichy regime and Collaborationalism.
* The Industrial Revolution – the misery of the proletariat and the “new slavery”: unemployment and poverty, growing urban hostility, syndicalism;
from the Commune, the last Paris Revolution, to the Popular Front, the first socialist government in France.
* Colonialism (the Discoveries) and immigration (xenophobia; racism) – The imperialist stratagems: France and the “fever” of the empires; the Algerian War and the heavy heritage of “assimilation”.
“ Mass Revolution vs. Individual Revolution: what awakening of conscience?
* The French Resistance Movement – London’s historical appeal in the spring of 1940; maquisards and collaborationists, the two faces of the war.
* May 1968 – barricades and Sorbonne: students against the “establishment”; France on the verge of revolution. (Un)fair claims.
* What alternatives? From De Gaulle to F. Mitterand and J. Chirac: some of the paths in contemporary France.

Main Bibliography

Aron, Raymond – La révolution introuvable. Réflexions sur la révolution de mai. Paris, Lib. Fayard, 1968
Amselle, Jean-Loup – Vers un multiculturalisme français – l’empire de la coutume. Paris, Ed. «Champs»/ Flammarion, 2001
Asselain, Jean-Charles – Histoire économique de la France. Vol.2 : De 1919 à la fin des années 70. Paris, Ed. du Seuil, 1984
Bariety, Jacques (ed.) – 1889: Centenaire de la Révolution Française. Berna, Peter Lang, 1992
Bezbakh, Pierre – Histoires et figures du socialisme français. Paris, Ed. Bordas, 1994
Destremau, Blondine; Salama, Pierre – Mesures et démesure de la pauvreté. Paris, PUF, 2002
Duby, Georges – Histoire de la France. Des origines à nos jours. Paris, Lib. Larousse, 1999
Duby, Georges – Qu’est-ce que la société féodale ? Paris, Ed. Flammarion, 2002
Duby, Georges; Perrot, Michelle – Images de Femmes. Paris, Ed. Plon, 1992
Fourastié, Jean – Les trente glorieuses ou la révolution invisible de 1946 à 1975. Paris, Lib. Fayard, 1979
Furet, François – Penser la révolution française. Paris, Ed. Gallimard, 1978
Gaillot, Jacques – Coup de gueule contre l’exclusion. Paris, Ed. Ramsay, 1995
Gaillot, Jacques – Ce que je crois. Paris, Ed. Desclée de Brouwer, 1996
Hassner, Pierre – La violence et la paix – De la bombe atomique au nettoyage ethnique. Paris, Ed. du Seuil, 2000
Jospin, Lionel – L’invention du possible. Paris, Ed. Flammarion, 1999
July, Serge – Les années Mitterrand. Paris, Ed. B. Grasset, 1986
Laroque, Pierre – Succès et faiblesses de l’effort social français. Paris, Lib. Colin, 1961
Lebovics, Herman – La vraie France. Les enjeux de l’identité culturelle. Paris, Ed. Belin, 1992
Le Goff, Jacques – La vieille Europe et la nôtre. Paris, Ed. du Seuil, 1994
Lévy, Bernard-Henri – L’idéologie française. Paris, Ed. Grasset, 1981
Noguères, Henri – La Résistance en France. Paris, Ed. Laffont, 1996
Ramonet, Ignacio – Guerres du XXI ème siècle. Paris, Ed. Galilée, 2002
Starobinski, Jean – 1789. Les emblèmes de la raison. Paris, Lib. Flammarion, Col. «Champs», 1979
Starobinski, Jean – L’Invention de la liberté : 1700-1789. Genève, Ed. d’Art Albert Skira, 1964
Valadier, Paul – L’anarchie des valeurs. Paris, Ed. Albin Michel, 1997

Complementary Bibliography

References to additional readings will be indicated throughout the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methodologies used in this subject are based on a theoretical and practical symbiosis encouraging interaction between scientific and pedagogical domains, between theory and practice, between knowledge and its application to the different areas addressed throughout the academic year.

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

Students enrolled in Continuous Assessment are required to attend at least two thirds of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

In Continuous Assessment, the final mark is based on the average sum of the marks obtained in the tests and the marks of the submitted assignments and oral presentations.

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