French Literature III

Code:

FLUP0671

Acronym:

LFRA3S

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
EFA	4	Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 4º ao 5º ano	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	3	2,5	5	-
EFI	10	Official Study Plan - LEFI	3	2,5	5	-
EPF	17	Official Study Plan - LEPF	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	3	2,5	5	-

Objectives

This subject is intended to provide students with a solid understanding of the socio-cultural context and the literary dynamics of the 18th century as well as of the permanent dialogue between literature and society.
The modules of this programme will centred on some of the major “canonical” texts whose aesthetic efficiency offers high levels of representation, both in terms of forms of content and forms of expression.

Program

ASPECTS OF THE LITERATURE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

1. Philosophical thought and the debate of ideas.
1.1 Religious criticism.
1.2. Political reflection.
1.3. A synthesis-work: Encyclopédie.

2. Different directions of the novel.
2.1. The discourse of the novel: preferential models.
2.2. The genre's self-questioning: Jacques le Fataliste et son maître, by D. Diderot.

3. The emergence of subjectivity.
3.1. The "self" as an object of writing in Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire, by J-J. Rousseau.

Main Bibliography

COMPULSORY READING:
DIDEROT, Denis - Jacques le fataliste et son maître.
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques – Les Rêveries du Promeneur solitaire.

BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
AUERBACH, E. - Mimésis – La représentation de la réalité dans la littérature occidentale, Paris, Gallimard, 1968 (1946).
BAKHTINE, M. – Esthétique et théorie du roman, Paris, Gallimard, 1978 (Moscovo, 1975).
BÉNICHOU, Paul - Le Sacre de l'Écrivain 1750-1830 - Essai sur l'avènement d'un pouvoir spirituel laïque dans la France moderne, Paris, José Corti, 1985.
CHOUILLET, Jacques – L’esthétique des Lumières, Paris, P.U.F., 1974.
COULET, H.- Le Roman jusqu'à la Révolution, Paris, Armand Colin, 1967.
GOULEMOT, J.-M. – La Littérature des Lumières en toutes lettres, Paris, Bordas, 1992.
HAMPSON, N. – Le Siècle des Lumières, Paris, Éd. du Seuil, 1972.
MAILHOS, G. et LAUNAY, M. – Introduction à la vie littéraire du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Bordas, 1984.
MAUZI, Robert - L'idée du bonheur dans la littérature et la pensée françaises au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Albin Michel, 1994 (1969).
MIRAUX, J-P. – L'Autobiographie (écriture de soi et sincérité), Paris, Nathan Université, 1996.
MONTANDON, Alain – Le roman au XVIIIe siècle en Europe, Paris, P.U.F., 1999.
RAYMOND, M. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la quête de soi et la rêverie, Paris, José Corti, 1962.
ROUSSET, J. - Forme et signification, Paris, José Corti, 1962.
STAROBINSKI, J. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau: la transparence et l'obstacle suivi de Sept essais sur Rousseau, Paris, Gallimard, 1971 (1957).


Note: More specific bibliography will be indicated in the course of the semester. Students are recommended to purchase the books of the Garnier-Flammarion collection to be fully read.

Complementary Bibliography

To be indicated during the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evening classes:
Theoretical-practical classes.

Software

Not applicable.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Evening classes:
Positive mark in the final exam. Alternatively, positive overall mark obtained by the average sum of the mark of the assignment (if positive) and that achieved in one part of the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evening classes:
The final exam counts for 100% (=20 marks) of the final mark. Alternatively, the assignment counts for 50% of the final mark and one part of the final exam counts for another 50%.

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.